With its unusual markings, it looks like something that JK Rowling might have dreamt up to feature in a Harry Potter novel.
But while there might not be anything magical about this object - which goes under the hammer in Norwich later this month - there is certainly a large amount of mystery surrounding it.
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Mysterious timepiece under the hammer
Re: Mysterious timepiece under the hammer
Looks to me like somthing you'd use in astrology.