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Maker's Mark
Diallists from the present and days gone
by "sign" their sundials using a "maker's
mark". This mark may consist of the initials of their name
or a symbol that holds some special meaning to them. Some
diallists are so well known that they are immediately recognized
by their mark. This is true of diallists from the past and
present. Quite certainly every mark has a story behind it. If
you have a "maker's mark", please send it and its
story. It will be posted here for all to enjoy. If you do not
have one consider designing one and send it in. Make sure to use
it! The entries have been placed in
alphabetical order.
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David
M. Brown |
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David is the owner of
"David Brown Sundials". He writes:
"Here's my maker's mark. My
initials are DMB which in lower case letters are
symmetrical dmb, so I joined them together, which gives
the top line. Since most of my work is making stone
sundials, I included an ancient scratch dial below it
with canonical hours shown with a cross. The example in
the picture is actually on a headstone, and is large in
comparison to those that I put on sundials where I
usually use a simplified form which can be scribed quite
easily if on a stone such as slate slate. Also included
in the second photo is an example of my mark on a slate
dial."
Both marks are shown here, with
the smaller one used on sundials. |
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Hendrik
Hollander |
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Hendrik is the owner of
"Analemma Sundials". He writes:
"Attached you find my mark.
It's a simplified "H". Also it represents the
earth and the equator, tilted at 52 degrees, which is
the latitude of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where I
live." |
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Tony
Moss |
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Tony is the owner of
"Lindisfarne Sundials". He writes:
"The majority of my earlier
dials have no identification but, bowing to pressure
from Fred Sawyer among others, I then designed the
attached. There's no special story to it. Just the
initial letters for 'Tony Moss Lindisfarne Sundials' and
a simplified sun face to separate them." |
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Joël
Robic |
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Joel is the webmaster
of "Cadran Solaires Originaux" ("Original
Sundials"). He writes:
"My maker's mark is : JR as
Joel Robic. The story is that I would like it to be read
in both directions as sometimes sundials could be read
in different directions. Not so easy with J and R." |
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