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What does an armillary sphere do?
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Hellenistic Greeks invented and used armillary spheres in the third century as a way to understand the horizon, meridian, equator, tropics and polar circles of the earth. They function as skeletal globes.
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Armillary Sphere
Located in Houston, TX
This armillary sphere is made of metal and has a rust color finish.
Category
Early 20th Century European Mounted Objects
Materials
Concrete, Metal
$1,750
Italian Armillary Sphere Pendant
Located in New York, NY
Italian Armillary Sphere Pendant. Industrial style vintage planetary sphere with zodiac symbols in Italian up-lit by candelabra globe lights with chain suspension and original canopy.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
Vintage Iron Stand with Armillary Sphere
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Unusual French glass top stand crafted in iron featuring a fully functioning armillary sphere and brass finials and feet.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Other End Tables
Materials
Brass, Iron
Garden Armillary Sphere Cast Iron Sculpture Statue
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Decorative garden armillary sphere on an architectural cast stone pedestal
Classical pedestal with Gothic Revival style detailing Weathered finish giving the pedestal attractive char...
Category
Vintage 1980s Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Iron
Stylized Brass Armillary Sphere/Celestial Globe, 20th Century
Located in Berlin, DE
Stylized Brass Armillary Sphere/Celestial Globe, 20th Century
The object shown is a decorative armillary sphere (also called a celestial globe) featuring brass rings and an engraved...
Category
20th Century German Modern Globes
Materials
Brass
Vintage Armillary Sphere on a Marble Veneer Base
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Astronomic vintage armillary sphere crafted in cast aluminum with a patinated bronze finish in classic celestial form held up by Atlas mounted on a sienna marble veneer stone base.
Category
20th Century American Classical Greek Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum, Bronze
