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Lot 979    SESSION 1, eSALE (ONLINE ONLY: BEGINS TO CLOSE FROM 9.30AM M    Miscellaneous

Estimate $500
Bid at live.noble.com.au

TABLE ORRERY, a Parkes & Hadley patent brass table orrery (mechanical model of Solar System) (approx 30x24x12cm), London, c1880, features calendar plate with gear pushed mechanism and a table stand base, affixed to the base stand is a plaque that reads, 'George Philip & Son/Geographical/&/Educational Publishers/London/32 Fleet Street'. Missing central sun deflector and globe above cog wheel, otherwise fine and rare.

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