15.2019111 Solar-System Planetarium (non-geared)

On 01 Apr, 2020 By rosenfel@chass....

catalogue number: 15.2019111;
name of artifact: Solar-system planetarium (non-geared);
date of production: 2008;
materials of manufacture: copper alloy, steel, paint, wood;
maker: Réal Manseau, Drummondville QC (has label which reads “ATELIER/Réal Manseau/Drummondville”);
provenance: purchased from Réal Manseau;
condition: excellent condition;
notes:
1. patterned after 19th and early 20th century examples;
2. extends to the Kuiper belt, with the inclusion of the dwarf planet 134340 Pluto;
comparanda: Greenwich, National Maritime Museum, ZBA4664, "Orrery", by William Jones, 1798-1830; Washington DC, Smithsonian National Museum of American History, 1980.0318.04, “Orrery”, unsigned, 1846-1930;
literature:
- Benjamin Pike, jr., Pike's Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue of Optical, Mathematical, and Philosophical Instruments, Manufactured, Imported, and Sold by the Author; With the Prices Affixed at Which They are Offered in 1856..., 2nd ed., I (New York: Benjamin Pike, 1856), pp. 110-114.