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Antique Orrery – Tellurium by Paravia, Torino (1900, Italy)
Antique Orrery – Tellurium by Paravia, Torino (1900, Italy)

Antique Orrery – Tellurium by Paravia, Torino (1900, Italy)

Located in Madrid, ES

Rare and collectible orrery (tellurium) produced by the renowned Italian maker Paravia, Torino in 1900.

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Early 20th Century Antique Orrery

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Paper

Antique Print of an Orrery by Hinton, circa 1750
Antique Print of an Orrery by Hinton, circa 1750

Antique Print of an Orrery by Hinton, circa 1750

Located in Langweer, NL

Antique print titled 'A Perspective View of Mr. Hawks's Orrery'. Copper engraving of an orrery. An Orrery is a mechanical model of the solar system that illustrates or predicts the r...

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Mid-18th Century Antique Orrery

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Paper

Antique Print of an Orrery and Ancient Church, 1754
Antique Print of an Orrery and Ancient Church, 1754

Antique Print of an Orrery and Ancient Church, 1754

Located in Langweer, NL

This antique print is titled "A Section of Mr. Hawk's Orrery, an Ancient Wooden Church, the Shrine of St.

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18th Century English Antique Orrery

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Paper

Exceptional 19th Century Rotating Terrestrial Globe Clock orrery tellurio
Exceptional 19th Century Rotating Terrestrial Globe Clock orrery tellurio

Exceptional 19th Century Rotating Terrestrial Globe Clock orrery tellurio

Located in Madrid, ES

Exceptional and rare 19th-century rotating terrestrial globe clock, combining scientific instrument and horology in a highly sophisticated and decorative form. The piece features a ...

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1880s Antique Orrery

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Marble

1771 Choir Gaur; the Grand Orrery of the Ancient Druids
1771 Choir Gaur; the Grand Orrery of the Ancient Druids

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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1770s British Antique Orrery

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Paper

19th Century French Grand Tour Faux Marble, c.1880
19th Century French Grand Tour Faux Marble, c.1880

19th Century French Grand Tour Faux Marble, c.1880

Located in Lincoln, GB

Sourced from France and dating to the Napoleon III era (circa 1870–1890), this structure is a magnificent architectural orrery or tellurion base, showcase-engineered to serve as a hi...

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19th Century French Grand Tour Antique Orrery

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Wood

Northern Italian Carved Wood & Gessoed Atlas with Celestial Globe Circa 1800
Northern Italian Carved Wood & Gessoed Atlas with Celestial Globe Circa 1800

Northern Italian Carved Wood & Gessoed Atlas with Celestial Globe Circa 1800

Located in Palm Springs, CA

The iconography and painting style are characteristic of Enlightenment-period scientific workshops active in Venice and Padua, where carved allegorical figures were combined with rot...

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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Orrery

Materials

Wood

Raingo Freres Bronze and Slate French Louis XV Style Figural Mantel Clock
Raingo Freres Bronze and Slate French Louis XV Style Figural Mantel Clock

Raingo Freres Bronze and Slate French Louis XV Style Figural Mantel Clock

By Raingo Frères

Located in Swedesboro, NJ

Zacharie was famous for his complex astronomical and "orrery" clocks, one of which was purchased by King George IV and remains at Windsor Castle.Royal Appointments: The brothers (Ado...

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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Orrery

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Slate, Bronze

Brass Surveyors Level by Troughton & Simms, London
Brass Surveyors Level by Troughton & Simms, London

Brass Surveyors Level by Troughton & Simms, London

By Troughton & Simms London

Located in Norwich, GB

C.1830 Troughton and Simms are listed in ‘Barometer makers and retailers’ by Edwin Banfield as working from The Orrery, 136 Fleet Street, London from 1826 to 1900+ A partnershi...

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19th Century British Victorian Antique Orrery

Materials

Brass

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English mahogany bracket clock with Orrery by Newman & Dolland
English mahogany bracket clock with Orrery by Newman & Dolland

English mahogany bracket clock with Orrery by Newman & Dolland

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H 19.69 in W 10.24 in D 10.24 in

English mahogany bracket clock with Orrery by Newman & Dolland

Located in HAARLEM, NL

Orrery is located near Cork, southern Ireland.

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19th Century English Regency Antique Orrery

Materials

Brass, Bronze

Raingo Orrery Clock
Raingo Orrery Clock

Raingo Orrery Clock

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H 29 in W 15.5 in D 15.5 in

Raingo Orrery Clock

Located in New Orleans, LA

Orrery Clock Zacharie Raingo Circa 1817 This exceptional orrery clock represents one of the most historically significant and mechanically sophisticated timepieces to emerge from ea...

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19th Century French Antique Orrery

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Bronze, Enamel

19th Century Astronomical Brass Orrery
19th Century Astronomical Brass Orrery

19th Century Astronomical Brass Orrery

Located in New York, NY

Orreries are three dimensional models of how celestial bodies orbit the Sun in our solar system.

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19th Century Unknown Antique Orrery

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Brass

Orrery Clock By Raingo À Paris
Orrery Clock By Raingo À Paris

Orrery Clock By Raingo À Paris

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H 30 in W 18 in D 18 in

Orrery Clock By Raingo À Paris

By Zacharie Raingo

Located in New Orleans, LA

Often referred to as an 'orrery,' Raingo’s planetary clocks can be more accurately classified as 'tellurium' clocks.

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19th Century French Antique Orrery

Materials

Silver, Brass, Bronze, Steel

Armillary Sphere Cast Iron Stone Pedestal Orrery Classical Garden
Armillary Sphere Cast Iron Stone Pedestal Orrery Classical Garden

Armillary Sphere Cast Iron Stone Pedestal Orrery Classical Garden

Located in Potters Bar, GB

You are viewing a gorgeous cast iron armillary sphere on a stone pedestal base Would make a great piece for the garden, adding an air of classical beauty Good size at almost five fee...

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1920s Antique Orrery

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Stone, Iron

Antique Brass Czech Orrery Astronomical Instruments Made by Jan Felkl in 1870
Antique Brass Czech Orrery Astronomical Instruments Made by Jan Felkl in 1870

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 the nineteenth century.

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1860s Czech Antique Orrery

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Iron

Portrait of Lady, Queen Henrietta Maria, Riding Dress & Hat c.1640, van Dyke
Portrait of Lady, Queen Henrietta Maria, Riding Dress & Hat c.1640, van Dyke

Portrait of Lady, Queen Henrietta Maria, Riding Dress & Hat c.1640, van Dyke

Located in London, GB

For 250 years, Marston was the principal English home of the Boyle family, Earls of Cork and Orrery. Although there was an earlier home on the estate, Marston’s modern history began ...

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17th Century Old Masters Antique Orrery

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Cotton Canvas, Oil

Antique Bronze Dore Mantel Clock - Raingo Freres Paris
Antique Bronze Dore Mantel Clock - Raingo Freres Paris

Antique Bronze Dore Mantel Clock - Raingo Freres Paris

Located in Dallas, TX

They expanded into decorative art bronzes and furnishings in addition to patents on their orreries, which were mechanical devices illustrating the relative positions and motions of t...

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19th Century French Antique Orrery

Portrait of Catherine, Lady Perceval (1637-1679) circa 1661
Portrait of Catherine, Lady Perceval (1637-1679) circa 1661

Portrait of Catherine, Lady Perceval (1637-1679) circa 1661

Located in London, GB

The motif of the elaborate sculpted fountain and scallop-edged bowl may make an appropriate allusion to Catherine’s potential as wife and mother, recalling Proverbs, chapter 5, verse...

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17th Century Old Masters Antique Orrery

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Canvas, Oil

Genuine Antique Print of an Orrery, a mechanical model of the Solar System, 1747
Genuine Antique Print of an Orrery, a mechanical model of the Solar System, 1747

Genuine Antique Print of an Orrery, a mechanical model of the Solar System, 1747

Located in Langweer, NL

Antique print titled 'The Four Wheel'd Orrery'. Copper engraving of an orrery. An orrery is a mechanical model of the Solar System that illustrates or predicts the relative positions...

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Mid-18th Century Antique Orrery

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Paper

Tippensee Planetarium, circa 1910
Tippensee Planetarium, circa 1910

Tippensee Planetarium, circa 1910

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H 14 in W 24 in D 7 in

Tippensee Planetarium, circa 1910

Located in Doylestown, PA

An early 20th century planetarium orrery, hand operated displaying the phases of the earth, moon and sun, nice condition.

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Early 20th Century American Victorian Antique Orrery

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Metal, Brass

Early 20th century Orrery
Early 20th century Orrery

Early 20th century Orrery

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H 15 in W 22 in D 8.5 in

Early 20th century Orrery

Located in San Francisco, CA

Fantastic orrery in its original metal carrying case.

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Early 20th Century American Antique Orrery

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Metal, Iron

French 19th Century Orrery
French 19th Century Orrery

French 19th Century Orrery

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H 24 in W 33 in D 22 in

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 used to teach how the planets revolve around the Sun.

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19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Antique Orrery

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Brass, Copper, Iron

French Orrery Model of the Solar System
French Orrery Model of the Solar System

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 of planets orbiting the sun; raised on a walnut column resting on a square plinth.

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19th Century French Antique Orrery

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Bronze, Brass, Steel

Parkes and Hadley Patent Brass Orrey
Parkes and Hadley Patent Brass Orrey

Parkes and Hadley Patent Brass Orrey

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H 7 in W 12 in D 10 in

Parkes and Hadley Patent Brass Orrey

Located in New York, NY

Named after the fourth Earl of Orrery, Charles Boyle, 1676-1731, an English statesman for whom an early copy of the machine was made.

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19th Century English Antique Orrery

Orrery
Orrery

Orrery

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H 13.5 in Dm 24 in

Orrery

Located in Hudson, NY

The Trippensee Planetarium - dated 1908 - Detroit Michigan

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Early 20th Century American Antique Orrery

Antique 1908 Trippensee Planetarium Company Orrery
Antique 1908 Trippensee Planetarium Company Orrery

Antique 1908 Trippensee Planetarium Company Orrery

Located in Nashville, TN

Combining form and function at its best, this Trippensee orrery is pleasing to the eye and fascinating to the inquisitive mind.

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Early 20th Century American Antique Orrery

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Iron

Rare Regency Period Astronomical Elton's Miniature Transparent Orrery circa 1817
Rare Regency Period Astronomical Elton's Miniature Transparent Orrery circa 1817

Rare Regency Period Astronomical Elton's Miniature Transparent Orrery circa 1817

By Elton's

Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire

They used an "eidouranion" or transparent orrery to illustrate their astronomical lectures and this piece was one of the very same.

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1810s English Regency Antique Orrery

Materials

Cut Glass, Mahogany, Paper

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Located in Roma, Lazio

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Orrery

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Brass

Italian Sculptural King Size bed with Integrated Nightstands in Ash
Italian Sculptural King Size bed with Integrated Nightstands in Ash

Italian Sculptural King Size bed with Integrated Nightstands in Ash

Located in Waalwijk, NL

King Size bed, ash, wood, Italy, 1970s A captivating and sculptural double bed, made in Italy in the 1970s. This piece has amazing quality, not only visible in the design itself but...

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1970s Italian Post-Modern Antique Orrery

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Ash

Rare paradoxical planetarium of Jupiter and the Medici satellites, France 1840.
Rare paradoxical planetarium of Jupiter and the Medici satellites, France 1840.

Rare paradoxical planetarium of Jupiter and the Medici satellites, France 1840.

Located in Milan, IT

This rare paradoxical planetarium demonstrates the rotation and revolution motion of the system of the planet Jupiter and the Medici satellites. The base is made of ebonized fruit wo...

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Mid-19th Century French Antique Orrery

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Brass

French Victorian Gilt Brass Desk Set with Globe
French Victorian Gilt Brass Desk Set with Globe

French Victorian Gilt Brass Desk Set with Globe

Located in San Francisco, CA

An unusual French gilt brass inkwell in the Art Nouveau style with 2 inkwells centered by a terrestrial 3" diameter globe. Globe is signed M. Vivien de St. Martin. Inkwells lack line...

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Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Orrery

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Brass

A Copernican armillary sphere, Paravia, Milan, Italy 1930
A Copernican armillary sphere, Paravia, Milan, Italy 1930

A Copernican armillary sphere, Paravia, Milan, Italy 1930

Located in Milan, IT

A Copernican armillary sphere made of iron, paper, brass and wood, with the Sun inside, and the Earth on the outside, made of wood and covered with paper. Pedestal made of turned and...

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Mid-20th Century Italian Antique Orrery

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Brass, Iron

Ptolemaic Armillary Sphere, Charles-François Delamarche, Paris, ante 1798
Ptolemaic Armillary Sphere, Charles-François Delamarche, Paris, ante 1798

Ptolemaic Armillary Sphere, Charles-François Delamarche, Paris, ante 1798

By Charles Francois Delamarche

Located in Milano, IT

Ptolemaic armillary sphere Charles-François Delamarche Paris, ante 1798 Wood and papier-mâché covered with printed and partly hand-colored paper It measures 15.55 in in height x Ø 10...

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1790s French Other Antique Orrery

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Wood, Paper

Ancient Planet Model, Tellurium, FR. J. Berg, Stockholm, circa 1900
Ancient Planet Model, Tellurium, FR. J. Berg, Stockholm, circa 1900

Ancient Planet Model, Tellurium, FR. J. Berg, Stockholm, circa 1900

Located in Greven, DE

Ancient planet model so-called tellurium Stockholm Metal, wood, paper around 1900 Dimensions: H x W x D: 46 x 56 x 20 cm Description: Display model with sun, earth and moon on hea...

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Early 1900s Swedish Antique Orrery

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Metal

Pocket Globe, Nicholas Lane, London, post 1779
Pocket Globe, Nicholas Lane, London, post 1779

Pocket Globe, Nicholas Lane, London, post 1779

By Nicholas Lane

Located in Milano, IT

Pocket Globe Nicholas Lane London, post 1779 The globe is contained in its original case, which is covered in leather. The sphere measures 2.75 in (6.9 cm) whereas the case measure...

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1780s English Other Antique Orrery

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Leather, Wood, Paper

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Antique Orrery For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the antique orrery you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each antique orrery for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, brass and iron. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer antique orrery, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right antique orrery, those designed in Regency styles are of considerable interest. A well-made antique orrery has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Jan Felkl and Elton's are consistently popular.

How Much is a Antique Orrery?

Prices for an antique orrery can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $226 and can go as high as $15,000, while the average can fetch as much as $4,450.