A sundial armillary sphere is made for outdoor use to tell time by the shadow made from passage of the sun during the day. It is akin to a simple form Ptolemaic armillary sphere, but with central arrow rather than earth sphere. The form of many modern garden armillaries (with Art Deco influence) originated in Sweden in the 1950s.\u00a0 Swedish armillaries were generally manufactured by two companies using a variety of different figural stands. The most common stand is a mythological figure of Atlas (or Hercules) in loin cloth, supporting the globe with upraised hands. Less common is a seahorse figure supporting the sphere on its head. An even rarer support is of a frog standing upright on a lily pad. Many of these models were manufactured by Sune Rooth. Another stand, of tapering round form, has 18 panels (9 per side) with embossed decoration, each panel featuring a sign of the zodiac or astronomical figures such as a comet, stars, and half moon.\u00a0 This zodiac stand was manufactured by AB Aronsson & Soner.\u00a0 Other examples of Swedish armillaries have simple rather than figural bases. Numerous copies of these armillaries have since been produced by non-Swedish makers.<\/p>\n
The rings of Swedish figural armillaries are generally made of mixed metals with verdigris finish. The ecliptic band is generally made of aluminum, copper, brass, or a tin\/iron alloy, with embossed raised numerals, or sometimes more simply black numerals enameled on a white ground.\u00a0 The arrow is generally iron, with aluminum arrow and tail, also with verdigris finish.<\/p>\n
Sundial armillaries were generally intended for garden use and often designed so that the base can be bolted into a larger heavy support, such as a columnar garden pedestal.\u00a0 Exterior examples are now often used in interiors attached to a decorative wooden or marble base.\u00a0 Examples are found with various levels of wear and oxidation, from light fading of verdigris finish, to heavy rusting.<\/p>\n
Condition: Very good with wear and handling commensurate with a garden armillary that has been naturally weathered with outdoor use, including some light bending and considerable oxidation and loss of verdigris finish. Meridian ring slightly loose in stand, as almost always encountered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Frog Armillary Garden Sundial\u00a0<\/strong> A garden armillary sphere, of traditional Swedish form. The circular frame is formed with an equatorial ring and a meridian ring, each with repeating punched circle decoration. The meridian is circled on the flat ecliptic zodiac time dial band. A section of the interior plane of the zodiac band is calibrated with numerals for daylight hours. A central rod with arrow head and feather tail bisects the meridian and serves as a sundial gnomon to cast a shadow on the ecliptic band to indicate time. \u00a0The sphere is raised\u00a0 on a central support of a frog standing upright with raised arms, standing on a lily pad. When properly placed outside, the arrow gnomen will cast a show to tell time on the ecliptic band. This example with a frog support is exceedingly rare.<\/p>\n Product description continues below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":41099,"template":"","meta":{"wds_primary_product_brand":0,"wds_primary_product_cat":0,"footnotes":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[929,6867,5975,4175,6790,35,6797,970,6783],"product_tag":[521,39,450,139,2855,636,37,6853,1151],"class_list":{"0":"post-41072","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-20th-century-globes","7":"product_cat-animal-figurines","8":"product_cat-astronomy-outer-space-exploration","9":"product_cat-beach-house","10":"product_cat-garden-room","11":"product_cat-planetary","12":"product_cat-prop-rentals","13":"product_cat-reptiles-amphibians","14":"product_cat-tropical-decor","15":"product_tag-antique","16":"product_tag-armillary","17":"product_tag-baroque","18":"product_tag-celestial","19":"product_tag-frog","20":"product_tag-garden","21":"product_tag-globe","22":"product_tag-prop-rental","23":"product_tag-sundial","24":"pa_maker-location-europe","25":"post","26":"post-with-thumbnail","27":"post-with-thumbnail-large","29":"first","30":"instock","31":"sold-individually","32":"purchasable","33":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/41072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/41072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41117,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/41072\/revisions\/41117"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=41072"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=41072"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=41072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n2nd half 20th Century
\nIron and other metals
\n31 inches high, 16 inches diameter sphere, 5 inch long base
\n$2,100<\/p>\n