Orreries
c.1800 Portable English Orrery by W. Robinson
Located in Greenlawn, NY
c.1800 Portable English Orrery by W. Robinson
The circular base is covered with a brightly
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Antique Early 1800s English Other Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
1771 Choir Gaur; the Grand Orrery of the Ancient Druids
By John Smith
Located in Bath, GB
A scarce first edition of John Smith's study of the prehistorical monument Stonehenge, a early work on the subject, illustrated with three folding plates.
The scarce first edition o...
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Antique 1770s British Books
Materials
Paper
Antique Brass Czech Orrery Astronomical Instruments Made by Jan Felkl in 1870
By Jan Felkl
Located in Milan, IT
Antique brass orrery planetarium made for the German market by Jan Felkl Prag in the second half of
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Antique 1860s Czech Scientific Instruments
Materials
Iron
H 18.9 in W 29.53 in D 11.03 in
Brass Surveyors Level by Troughton & Simms, London
By Troughton & Simms London
Located in Norwich, GB
makers and retailers’ by Edwin Banfield as working from The Orrery, 136 Fleet Street, London from 1826 to
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Antique 19th Century British Victorian Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
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Rare Victorian Firescreen with Taxidermy Hummingbirds by Henry Ward
By Henry Ward
Located in Amsterdam, NL
England, third quarter of the 19th century
On two scrolling foliate feet with casters, above which a rectangular two-side glazed frame, with on top a two-sided shield with initial...
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Antique Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Taxidermy
Materials
Other
H 51.19 in W 55.12 in D 201.58 in
Highclere Castle Jewellery Box
By LINLEY London
Located in London, GB
Over the years, British design company Linley has
developed expertise in creating scaled versions of famous
architectural buildings including the Metropolitan Museum
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2010s British Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Maple
Rare and Stunning Empire Mahogany Curved Desk and Bookshelf, 19th Century French
Located in New Orleans, LA
This very unusual pairing features a curved desk and a curved bookshelf with a variety of decorative elements on each. It is quite rare to find curved antique items of large furnitur...
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Bookcases
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Gold
H 105 in W 136 in D 46 in
Exquisite Rotunda Structure Kiosk Copper & Carved Stone Bench Seating Columns
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Exquisite Rotunda Structure Kiosk Copper & Carved Stone Bench Seating Columns . Monumental Exquisite refined work King Charles X Period Rotunda rotundus building structure with a cir...
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Antique Early 19th Century French Charles X Architectural Elements
Materials
Stone, Copper
17th Century Italian Baroque Lacquered Spruce Religious Furniture 1600
Located in Roma, RM
This monumental piece of furniture, of Veneto-Alto Veneto provenance, made entirely of lacquered fir wood. Full seventeenth century (ca. 1650) is presented as an imposing double-bodi...
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Antique 17th Century Italian Baroque Bookcases
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Spruce
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H 88.59 in W 145.67 in D 39.38 in
Robert Salleroli American Abstract Wood Assemblage Monumental Cabinet
By Robert Salleroli
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Looking for a statement piece to add to your home or office? Look no further than this one-of-a-kind monumental cabinet, by Robert Salerolli, purchased directly from the original cli...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Wood, Birch
Extensive Assembled Meissen Blue and White Bird Model Dinner Service, circa 1890
Located in New York, NY
Each piece painted in underglaze-blue and heightened in gilding with an exotic bird perched upon peony branches, comprising: an oval soup tureen, cover and two stands, an 18" oval pl...
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Antique 1890s German Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Italian 19th Century Canopy Bed with Silver Friezes and Upholstered Purple Silk
Located in Firenze, IT
One of a kind canopy bed or day bed made up of two scrolled silver columns and upholsterd with an Italian vintage pure silk brocade.
Sourced in a private residence in Venice this 19...
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Antique 19th Century Italian Baroque Revival Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Silver
H 80.71 in W 78.75 in D 58.27 in
Antique Ottoman Bokhca Embroidered in Sarma Technique, Early 20th Century
Located in Istanbul, TR
Metallic thread embroidery in Parma technique done on silk velvet ground cloth. Velvet has some wear on it.
Bokhca is a kind of wrapping cloth used to pack away bridal goods.
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Early 20th Century Turkish Suzani Turkish Rugs
Materials
Metallic Thread
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W 81 in L 82 in
Fornasetti Raised Small Sideboard Cabinet Architettura Celeste Architectural
By Fornasetti
Located in MILANO, IT
The sideboard cabinet is handcrafted using original artisan techniques, like all Fornasetti pieces of furniture
This cabinet is silk-screened by hand, hand-finished and covered with...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cabinets
Materials
Wood
H 37.41 in W 27.56 in D 14.18 in
Pair of Louis XVI Giltwood Fauteuils
Located in Redding, CT
Pair of Louis XVI fauteuils. Elegant yet comfortable. In it's original woven velvet and silk tapestry upholstery. The pair of giltwood chairs do need to be reupholstered but are heav...
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
18th century allegorical painting of The Triumph of Beauty
Located in London, GB
Exhibited:
London, Royal Academy, 1800, no. 93
What was happening in British history painting in around 1800? In recent discussions of the emergence of a British School of history ...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bed King Tester 4 Poster Oak RenaissanceStyle Carved Adam Eve Armorials Tapestry
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A vintage king size oak tester or four poster bed in the Renaissance style. Hand carved with Adam & Eve carvings in the headboard, figurative sculptures in the bedposts, three carve...
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Vintage 1950s English Renaissance Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Oak
H 88.98 in W 70.87 in D 94.89 in
Tom Wolfe, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Art Edition "Me and My Shadow"
By Ted Streshinsky, Lawrence Schiller, Tom Wolfe
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fiber-based gelatin silver print, 21.8 x 28.8 cm on 22.9 x 33 cm paper (8.6 x 11.8 in. on 9 x 13 in. paper); hardcover volume in a slipcase, letterpress-printed text, two different p...
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21st Century and Contemporary European Books
Materials
Paper
Taxidermy Composition with Rare Exotic Birds in a Large Bowed Glass Case
Located in Leuven , BE
A wonderful glass case with a selection of 20 rare exotic birds in a natural environment of tree branches and grass. The case has a rare bowed front glass and is in good condition fo...
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Antique Late 19th Century British Victorian Taxidermy
Materials
Organic Material
H 27.96 in W 40.16 in D 9.45 in
Vintage Dresser with Matching Mirror and Custom Glass Top by Stanley
By Stanley
Located in Lake Worth, FL
Offering one of our recent palm beach estate fine furniture acquisitions of a
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Vintage 1970s American Neoclassical Revival Dressers
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Glass, Mirror, Wood
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Mid-Century Orrery on Later Base
Located in Hudson, NY
Wonderful vintage model of Solar System.
Made to hold in hand for class demonstrations.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Models and Miniatures
Materials
Metal
19th Century Astronomical Brass Orrery
Located in New York, NY
Named for the Earl of Orrery who, at the beginning of the 18th Cent. in Ireland, had one made for
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Antique 19th Century Unknown Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
A very fine George III Two Handled Tray made in London in 1789 by Crouch & Hannam.
Located in London, GB
. Lawrence Boyle, 9th Earl of Cork abd Orrery.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Platters and Serveware
Antique Rare Mechanical Orrery, Astronomical Instrument by Jan Felkl Praga 1870
By Jan Felkl
Located in Milan, IT
Rare orrery, or mechanical model depicting the solar system, from the second half of the 19th
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Antique 1860s Czech Globes
Materials
Brass
H 18.51 in W 23.63 in D 7.09 in
Tippensee Planetarium, circa 1910
Located in Doylestown, PA
An early 20th century planetarium orrery, hand operated displaying the phases of the earth, moon
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Early 20th Century American Victorian Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal, Brass
Orrery
Located in Hudson, NY
planetary teaching model
sun surrounded by eight planets on movable armatures
paper label signifying the months
sun surrounded by eight planets on movable armatures
paper label signifying the months
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Vintage 1960s American Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Early 20th century Orrery
Located in San Francisco, CA
Fantastic orrery in its original metal carrying case.
Category
Early 20th Century American Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal, Iron
French 19th Century Orrery
Located in Norwalk, CT
A large French iron and brass and painted orrery.
Which is a working model of the Solar System
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Antique 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass, Copper, Iron
Vintage Trippensee Planetarium Orrery
Located in Hudson, NY
This is simply a wonderful item, whether for education, enjoyment, or both. The Earth is an attractive 3" diameter terrestrial globe, the moon and Venus are painted wood balls, and t...
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20th Century American Models and Miniatures
Materials
Metal
Trippensee Orrery Planetarium Globe
Located in Oakland, CA
Excellent man cave accessory. This geared tellurium features a spinning and revolving terrestrial globe, revolving spherical black-and-white representation of the moon, central plast...
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Vintage 1950s American Globes
Materials
Metal
Trippensee Orrery Planetarium Globe
Located in Oakland, CA
Excellent man cave accessory. This geared tellurium features a spinning and revolving terrestrial globe, revolving spherical black-and-white representation of the moon, central plast...
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Vintage 1950s American Globes
Materials
Aluminum
French Orrery Model of the Solar System
Located in San Francisco, CA
French Tabletop Orrery Model of the Solar System. The brass armillary surrounding a configuration
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Antique 19th Century French Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Brass, Steel
Parkes and Hadley Patent Brass Orrey
Located in New York, NY
Parkes and Hadley patent brass table orrery. This decorative mechanical apparatus exhibits the
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Antique 19th Century English Desk Accessories
Orrery
Located in Hudson, NY
The Trippensee Planetarium - dated 1908 - Detroit Michigan
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Early 20th Century American Globes
Rare Regency Period Astronomical Elton's Miniature Transparent Orrery circa 1817
By Elton's
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
The scarce Elton's miniature transparent Orrery, being a mechanical model of the solar system
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Antique 1810s English Regency Scientific Instruments
Materials
Cut Glass, Mahogany, Paper
H 10 in W 8.25 in D 3.5 in
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Orreries For Sale on 1stDibs
There is a range of orreries for sale on 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, wood and brass, all orreries available were constructed with great care. Orreries have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Regency and Victorian orreries are consistently popular styles. There have been many well-made orreries over the years, but those made by Jan Felkl, Elton's and Troughton & Simms London are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much are Orreries?
Prices for orreries start at $395 and top out at $15,000 with the average selling for $2,621.
Questions About Orreries
- Can I buy an orrery?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Yes, you can purchase an orrery. An orrery is a mechanical model of the Solar System that illustrates the relative positions of the planets and moons around the sun. Of course, the model is not to scale because there is simply too much space to cover to make that possible. On 1stDibs, find a collection of antique and contemporary orreries from some of the world’s top sellers.
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