merlin sundials - brass sundials

Options available when ordering a sundial

We use only the best quality engraving brass to make our sundials.The prices within this web site refer to dials made from our standard brass which is 2.00mm. thick. This is sufficiently thick for the smaller garden sundials, but you may wish to upgrade and order a dial made from thicker brass.

We have tabulated the extra costs involved below. These prices refer to the sundial only. Extra carriage costs are involved, so please contact us for details.

BASEPLATE THICKNESS
	2.6mm	3.25mm
Diameter of dial	additional cost
200mm	£18.00	£28.00
250mm	£27.00	£38.00
300mm	£34.00	£51.00

Finishes: sundials can be suppled bright, matt or patinated.

Bright: The brass has a polished mirror finish . (As from August 2007 we now only supply standard 2.00mm dials in bright)

Matt : a dull finish, the brass is still yellow in colour but no longer reflective. Contrasts well with the black fill that is applied to the etched areas. Our most popular finish.

Patinated : The dial face is weathered chemically and a finish of dark brown and verdigris green is produced. Example below.

patinated sundial

Choice of Font within the design

You can have any font you wish as part of your design, and providing we can easily match your requirements from our range of available fonts there is only a small extra charge for this!!........typically £5.00 - £10.00

However if we have to make an extensive search for a particular font then we may have to make a higher charge. We've been known to spend hours finding a particular font !!

A nice example is to use a script font for part of the design...see below.....

font example