Celestial Earth or French Armillary Sphere Planetary Model Start Price USD 960.00 Current Price USD 960.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 2,000.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, August 28, 2008 End Time Thursday, September 04, 2008 Location Perpignan See more about 'Celestial Earth or French Armillary Sphere' Description The Armillary Sphere became the image symbolic system of science, with its characteristic rings which, each one, represents the rotation of a planet around the sun… Armillary comes from Latin: Armilla, which wants to say bracelet or small circular object. Work of precision, all the details are represented there, you can admire the Earth and its continents… The Moon which surrounds it…and to dream with the universe which is between your hands …  This Work is entirely handmade, reedition who makes each sphere single, personal… The patina, applied with patience, gives him texture, heat, the history of an object of the XVIII Century…Largest scientists, like Leonard de Vinci, of which you can see a drawing, usually used it… One of our spheres was used in film “the Perfume”, to decorate the shop where Dustin Hoffman is… Dimensions are 22 cm (8,66 Inches, or 0,7218 feet) for its diameter, 45 cm (17,72 Inches, or 1,4764 feet)  for its height. Very beautiful object of decoration, object of exception… Look at my evaluation, all those which trusted me really do not regret it!   Powered by eBay Turbo Lister Place a Bid!