A George III Portable Table Orrery
Sale 1017 - European Furniture & Decorative Arts
Lots 1-238
Apr 20, 2022
10:00AM CT
Lots 239-434
Apr 21, 2022
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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Estimate
$20,000 -
30,000
Price Realized
$20,000
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Lot Description
A George III Portable Table Orrery
William Jones, London, Circa 1795
the geared tellurium with an Earth, moon and brass sun, surmounting a hand-colored paper calendar on a wood base with astrological and zodiac charts and marked A NEW PORTABLE ORRERY, Invented and Made by W. Jones and Sold by Him in Holborn, LONDON; the ungeared orrery in a fitted mahogany case and having Sun, planets, moon and Jupiter and Saturn satellites, with a William Jones description manual in a modern cloth binding.
Height of case 4 3/4 x width 8 1/2 x depth 8 1/4 inches.
Height of case 4 3/4 x width 8 1/2 x depth 8 1/4 inches.
Property from a Private Collector, Lincolnwood, Illinois
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