Globe, Sundial, Armillary, Iron (Sold)

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.