Sundial 229
- Dial City: Philadelphia
- Dial State/Province: Pennsylvania
- Dial Country: USA
- Lat: 39° 59.004' N
- Dial Nr: 229
- Dial Type: Horizontal Dial
- Dial Access: Public
- Lon: 75° 12.612' W
- Dial Owner: City of Philadelphia
- Dial Designer: Alexander Stirling Calder
- Dial Maker: Alexander Stirling Calder
- Dial Date: created 1903, installed 1905
- Location:
- Fairmont Park Horticulture Center 19131 E. Belmont Ave., east end of 52nd St. Dr. West of the reflecting pool, between two raised gardens
- Description:
- Bronze horizontal dial by Alexander Stirling Calder. Local Hour lines plus EoT monthly corrections and differences between 12 world cities. Tip of gnomon appears damaged. The elegant pedestal sculpture is made of white marble and depicts 4 seated young women as the four seasons holding the dial plinth on their shoulders. The plinth itself is intricately carved with the animals of the zodiac. Height 42-inches, Diameter 50-inches. The dial was a gift of Mrs. Charles P. Turner, through the Fairmount Park Art Association (now the Association for Public Art) to the City of Philadelphia
- Inscription:
- Copyright 1906 by Alex Stirling Calder. Watch therefore for ye know not what hour your hour doth come.
- Other References:
- Public Art in Philadelphia, Penny Backin Bach, Temple Univ. Pr. 1992
- Sculpture of a city: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone. by Fairmount Park Assoc. NY, Walker Publ, 1984. p.217
Last Update:
2019-02-09 15:52