Lot 2583 , A late 19th century Parkes and Hadley’s Patent Orrery Tellurian, fitted with a three inch Philips terrestrial globe and a glazed ceramic moon, the cast iron plate includes calendar detail and makers name cast as; ‘Parkes

A late 19th century Parkes and Hadley’s Patent Orrery Tellurian, fitted with a three inch Philips terrestrial globe and a glazed ceramic moon, the cast iron plate includes calendar detail and makers name cast as; ‘Parkes and Hadley’s Patent Orrery’, additional applied brass label to the pedestal stand reads; ‘George Philip & Son Ltd., London E.C.’, diameter of the plate 25cm, missing the central lamp fitting and the fitting for the moon
£200-300

Condition:
A Tellurian or orrery, toothed cast iron plateau with copper finish; lamp (sun) feature missing at it’s centre, as catalogued; wear and fading to globe; moon feature not fixed correctly; visually fair to good. Motion of the globe and moon smooth; generally good; no repairs.

Sold for £480