19th Century Chinese (Hong Kong) Pocket Sundial with Compass in Original Lidded Case woman with side buns Found the other day in

Found the other day in New Hampshire and I would think 19th c

I believe this/these drawings were made as embroidery patterns--and I can very much imagine them executed in very fine silk thread

the soluble version of Prussian blue can be used as a dye used to detect iron in tissue sections

is clearly the oldest among them

as it was claimed not once but three times on the back--and rightly so I think

19th Century Chinese (Hong Kong) Pocket Sundial with Compass in Original Lidded Case woman with side buns Found the other day inI have an obsession with pocket sundials I love the very idea of them, a portable time teller in absence of a watch, with flip up blade at the ready to read the sun but this is only the second I've found. This one I believe is Chinese, and other similar examples I have found out there indicate specifically from Hong Kong, later 19th century, while it was under British rule. The brass angle (gnomon) can be rested flat to either side, then when ready to