iron armillary sundial

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    Garden Armillary Sundial

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    Cast Iron Garden Armillary Sundial
    American: c. 1930s
    21 inches tall, 13 inches diameter

    Unusual hand-made garden cast iron armillary sphere, having a central gilt ball within a series of meridians and concentric rings representing terrestrial and celestial circles, and having zodiac band with four Greek letters denominating the constellations associated with the four seasons and a central gilt arrow and feather through the sphere, raised on a gilt round base. Found in a garden in New Hampshire.

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    Century

    20th Century