COPERNICIAN ARMILAR SPHERE, end of the 18th BEGINNING OF THE 19th CENTURY
Anonymous
sphere
based on the Copernicus heliocentric system, late 18th century -
early 19th century.

Cardboard and wood sphere, mounted on a blackened wooden base, the planetary system is entirely mobile with in the centre: the sun represented in the form of a golden sphere with gold leaf, the earth (missing on this model) and its satellite powered by a mechanical tellurium (without its rope). The planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are present on moving rings with astronomical indications.

The

fixed parts include two vertical rings: the neck of the solstices and the neck of the equinoxes as well as a horizontal ring: the circle of the ecliptic adorned with a zodiacal band with a double

scale.

Sphere faded and incomplete from the earth, thick and

clumsy

varnish

.

Late 18th-early 19th century Copernical armillary

sphere.

HEIGHT 53 CM - DIAM. 32 CM - 20 7/8 X 12 5/8

IN.