$2,200
Felkl-Type School's Tellurium, with 3-inch diameter terrestrial globe made up of twelve lithographed gores, labeled in French and credited Globe Terrestre Dresse par J. Forest. En vente Chez l'Auteur. 17 rue de Buci (?), Paris. Grave par A. Soldan , revolving white-painted wood moon ball and geared arm with crank and worm-drive, horizon disc labeled in Italian and showing calendar months in thirty-day divisions, the compass points and houses of the Zodiac and their symbols, a candle-holder at the center with brass reflector representing the sun, on baluster-form pillar to cast-iron base with six cabriole legs, ht. 18, lg. 27 in., (arm buckled, paint worn, losses to paper disc).
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2008-08-23