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A large garden armillary sphere,
unsigned, the 3-inch (8.9cm.) diameter black-painted wooden earth ball held on a brass rod within graduated brass meridian circle and horizon ring, polar and tropic circles, the fixed brass ecliptic band stamped with pictures for the houses of the Zodiac, a further stamped brass meridian circle surrounding the whole, supported by a stamped brass horizon ring on four brass quadrant supports, atop a bronze figure of Atlas standing on a short corinthian-style stone column with scroll decoration and square base -- 72in. (182.8cm.) high
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unsigned, the 3-inch (8.9cm.) diameter black-painted wooden earth ball held on a brass rod within graduated brass meridian circle and horizon ring, polar and tropic circles, the fixed brass ecliptic band stamped with pictures for the houses of the Zodiac, a further stamped brass meridian circle surrounding the whole, supported by a stamped brass horizon ring on four brass quadrant supports, atop a bronze figure of Atlas standing on a short corinthian-style stone column with scroll decoration and square base -- 72in. (182.8cm.) high
See Colour Illustration