$215
Mechanical Slide Orrery No. 1, Wilkinson Optician, Sunderland, 19th century, mahogany plank having a pierced geared wheel showing the planets, and is turned by a threaded handle allowing the planets to rotate, label reading No 1 The Solar System, showing the Revolution of all the Planets with their Satellites round the sun , and plank marked with Wilkinson Optician Sunderland , lg. 7, wd. 4 3/8 in. Provenance: Collection of Vera Rubin.
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Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-04-25