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A W & S Jones New Portable orrery, English, Late 18th century, image 1
A W & S Jones New Portable orrery, English, Late 18th century, image 2
Lot 48Ф,Y

A W & S Jones New Portable orrery,
English, Late 18th century,

18 May 2016, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £5,000 inc. premium

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A W & S Jones New Portable orrery, English, Late 18th century,

with overlaid printed label, Sold by J Jones no. 135 the corner of Bell & Crown Inn Holborn, London, the hand cranked and geared tellarium mechanism demonstrating the movement of the Earth, Moon and two planets around the Sun (two planets missing), the 1 1/2 inch diamter Earth with hand coloured and printed gores, mounted above a ring engraved with the Zodiac signs and a disc showing the phases of the Moon, on circular wooden table raised on three feet applied with hand coloured and printed degree calendar and zodiac scales, in original oak carrying case with turned ivory winding handle, 12 ins (30.5cm) diam

Footnotes

This orrery was almost certainly made by W & S Jones and sold by John Jones. For similar example, see Christies auction Travel, Science & Natural History, 21st April 2016 lot 305.

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