A BRASS ORRERY

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£ 50 000
Date de l'enchèreClassic
09.12.2020 00:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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Royaume-Uni, London
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ID 470081
Lot 80 | A BRASS ORRERY
A BRASS ORRERY

Thomas Harris & Son, circa 1820

Signed on the horizontal plate Thos Harris & Son Opposite the British Museum LONDON the plate further engraved with calendrical and zodiac scales, a crank-handle actuates the working mechanism for seven planets (the ivory replaced with resin), Saturn with seven satellites and Uranus with six, a separate brass arm to demonstrate retrograde movement, the brass arms for the planets fitting into wooden tray that clips into carrying case, a tray in the case fitted with terrarium, the pocket globe with cartouche A NEW terrestrial GLOBE by J. Newton 1800, and lunarium with inclined disc for perigee and apogee.

25 x 15 x 14 ½in. (64 x 38 x 37cm.)

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