Old Homemade (Boy Scout?) Portable Sundial frame silhouette as I made my pile

as I made my pile at an antique shop yesterday

the other boats in the background

5 11/16" beak to tail

Very good condition and very realistic

showing now as a lovely soft purple-blue

Old Homemade (Boy Scout?) Portable Sundial frame silhouette as I made my pileSince finding a wonderful antique brass pocket sun dial last summer, I've had an eye out for portable sun dials, so scooped this curious little one up when I found it. I might guess it was made by a boy scout leader many years ago, though I don't know for sure. It's made out of masonite board, like that used for clipboards, with a red painted steel gnomon (the part that casts a shadow), which one would position at a 90 degree angle, aligned with 12