Coming up at Thomas Mawer & Sons.....
THE fascinating pocket sundial, right, dated to 1585 and attributed to the Elizabethan mapmaker Augustine Ryther (1550-93) is to be offered on September 25 at the Lincoln rooms of Thomas Mawer & Sons. Although Ryther was better known for his map engraving, he also created a number of high quality brass instruments, of which only two have so far been documented.
It is thought the sundial was commissioned by Frances Wary of Glentworth as a gift to her future hus…