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GREIG, B., Melbourne
A finely constructed modern lacquered-brass drum orrery, the maker's plaque on the underside for MAKER B. GREIG MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA, the sun ball at the centre with six planet arms, each ivorine planet half-painted black, Earth with the Moon, Jupiter with four moons, Saturn with a ring and six moons, the horizontal plate with compass directions and days of the houses of the Zodiac and of the month, with an ebony turning handle, raised on a brass column with three folding inswept feet -- 24in. (61cm.) wide (maximum)
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A finely constructed modern lacquered-brass drum orrery, the maker's plaque on the underside for MAKER B. GREIG MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA, the sun ball at the centre with six planet arms, each ivorine planet half-painted black, Earth with the Moon, Jupiter with four moons, Saturn with a ring and six moons, the horizontal plate with compass directions and days of the houses of the Zodiac and of the month, with an ebony turning handle, raised on a brass column with three folding inswept feet -- 24in. (61cm.) wide (maximum)
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