Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2314Location: BoltonDate / Time: November 03, 2005 10:00AM
Description:
Primitive 3-inch Painted Celestial Sphere, America, probably early 19th century, with constellations represented by brass pins with (indistinct) pen inscriptions beneath, Equatorial divided 1-24, and calibrated meridian ring resting in the groove of a hollowed-out painted octagonal wood base, wd. 5 in.
Estimate $800-1,200