A decorative brass armillary sphere,

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A decorative brass armillary sphere,
unsigned and undated, at the centre a 3-inch (7.6cm.) diameter celestial globe, signed J.G. BARTHOLOMEW publisher of The English Imperial Atlas NAVIGATOR'S STAR GLOBE made up of twelve printed paper gores, the constellations shown by stars to five orders of magnitude and named in English, the Zodiac circle with impressed figures and characters, the meridian circle divided in four quadrants, supported on a cast bronze figure of Atlas on ebonised plinth base -- 25in. (63.5cm.) high

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