A VICTORIAN PLANETARIUM
BY NEWTON AND SON, CIRCA 1850
The 1½ in. (4 cm.) diameter Earth globe signed Newton & Son's and the face signed NEWTON AND SON 66 Chancery Lane, the moon ball and a satellite of Saturn lacking, the balls ivory, on three-legged wooden stand, the face carrying scales for degrees, compass points, Houses of the Zodiac and Calendar, with mid-19th century box with retailer's paper label for Braham, Optician, Bath
17¼ in. (44 cm.) diameter of platform
A VICTORIAN PLANETARIUM
BY NEWTON AND SON, CIRCA 1850
The 1½ in. (4 cm.) diameter Earth globe signed Newton & Son's and the face signed NEWTON AND SON 66 Chancery Lane, the moon ball and a satellite of Saturn lacking, the balls ivory, on three-legged wooden stand, the face carrying scales for degrees, compass points, Houses of the Zodiac and Calendar, with mid-19th century box with retailer's paper label for Braham, Optician, Bath
17¼ in. (44 cm.) diameter of platform