Lot 979
Sale 135 · Important Australian, British, World, and Ancient Coins, Banknotes, and Medals
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Description
Table Orrery, a Parkes & Hadley patent brass table orrery (mechanical model of Solar System) (approx 30x24x12cm), London, c1880, features calendar plate with gear pushed mechanism and a table stand base, affixed to the base stand is a plaque that reads, 'George Philip & Son/Geographical/&/Educational Publishers/London/32 Fleet Street'. Missing central sun deflector and globe above cog wheel, otherwise fine and rare.
- Estimate
- $500
- Result Status
- Passed in