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Parkes & Hadley Patent Orrery
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Parkes & Hadley Patent Orrery

19th century
Description

Parkes and Hadley patent orrery, by George Philips & Son, of London, circa 1890.

3 inch Terrestrial globe by G. Philips of London.

9 inch geared disc with the months and seasons, and N-E-S-W.

Stand with label:

GEORGE PHILIPS & SON Ld LONDON E.C.

Globe label:

PHILIP’S

3 inch

TERRESTRIAL GLOBE

GEORGE PHILIPS & SON

London Geog. Inst.

Patented in England March 21, 1889, No. 4,922.

For similar orreries by Parkes & Hadley see the collections of:

Whipple Museum, University of Cambridge: Accession No 6680

Science Museum, London.: Object Number: 1985-12

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Hatchwell Antiques has dated this Victorian Mechanical Tellurian Orrery to the 1890s.

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Description
Parkes and Hadley patent orrery, by George Philips & Son, of London, circa 1890.

3 inch Terrestrial globe by G. Philips of London.

9 inch geared disc with the months and seasons, and N-E-S-W.

Stand with label:

fig 1. A Victorian Parkes and Hadley patent tellurian orrery featuring a cast metal base with calendar markings, interlocking gears, and a small terrestrial globe with a moon attachment.
fig 1. Parkes & Hadley Patent Orrery

GEORGE PHILIPS & SON Ld LONDON E.C.

Globe label:

PHILIP’S

3 inch

TERRESTRIAL GLOBE

GEORGE PHILIPS & SON

London Geog. Inst.

Patented in England March 21, 1889, No. 4,922.

For similar orreries by Parkes & Hadley see the collections of:

Whipple Museum, University of Cambridge: Accession No 6680

Science Museum, London.: Object Number: 1985-12

Date of Manufacture

Hatchwell Antiques has dated this Victorian Mechanical Tellurian Orrery to the 1890s.

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SA1230979
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Archive I A Victorian Parkes and Hadley patent tellurian orrery featuring a cast metal base with calendar markings, interlocking gears, and a small terrestrial globe with a moon attachment.

Parkes & Hadley Patent Orrery

Archive II A Victorian Parkes and Hadley patent tellurian orrery featuring a cast metal base with calendar markings, interlocking gears, and a small terrestrial globe with a moon attachment. View II
Archive III A Victorian Parkes and Hadley patent tellurian orrery featuring a cast metal base with calendar markings, interlocking gears, and a small terrestrial globe with a moon attachment. View III
Archive IV A Victorian Parkes and Hadley patent tellurian orrery featuring a cast metal base with calendar markings, interlocking gears, and a small terrestrial globe with a moon attachment. View IV
Archive V A Victorian Parkes and Hadley patent tellurian orrery featuring a cast metal base with calendar markings, interlocking gears, and a small terrestrial globe with a moon attachment. View V
Archive VI A Victorian Parkes and Hadley patent tellurian orrery featuring a cast metal base with calendar markings, interlocking gears, and a small terrestrial globe with a moon attachment. View VI
Archive VII A Victorian Parkes and Hadley patent tellurian orrery featuring a cast metal base with calendar markings, interlocking gears, and a small terrestrial globe with a moon attachment. View VII
Archive VIII A Victorian Parkes and Hadley patent tellurian orrery featuring a cast metal base with calendar markings, interlocking gears, and a small terrestrial globe with a moon attachment. View VIII
Archive IX A Victorian Parkes and Hadley patent tellurian orrery featuring a cast metal base with calendar markings, interlocking gears, and a small terrestrial globe with a moon attachment. View IX
Archive X A Victorian Parkes and Hadley patent tellurian orrery featuring a cast metal base with calendar markings, interlocking gears, and a small terrestrial globe with a moon attachment. View X
Archive XI A Victorian Parkes and Hadley patent tellurian orrery featuring a cast metal base with calendar markings, interlocking gears, and a small terrestrial globe with a moon attachment. View XI
Archive XII A Victorian Parkes and Hadley patent tellurian orrery featuring a cast metal base with calendar markings, interlocking gears, and a small terrestrial globe with a moon attachment. View XII
Archive XIII A Victorian Parkes and Hadley patent tellurian orrery featuring a cast metal base with calendar markings, interlocking gears, and a small terrestrial globe with a moon attachment. View XIII
Archive XIV A Victorian Parkes and Hadley patent tellurian orrery featuring a cast metal base with calendar markings, interlocking gears, and a small terrestrial globe with a moon attachment. View XIV
Archive XV A Victorian Parkes and Hadley patent tellurian orrery featuring a cast metal base with calendar markings, interlocking gears, and a small terrestrial globe with a moon attachment. View XV
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A Victorian Parkes and Hadley patent tellurian orrery featuring a cast metal base with calendar markings, interlocking gears, and a small terrestrial globe with a moon attachment.
Parkes & Hadley patent orrery
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A tellurian orrery is a specialized mechanical model designed to demonstrate the motion of the Earth and Moon relative to the Sun, illustrating natural phenomena such as the change of seasons, lunar phases, and day-and-night cycles.

Victorian orreries were typically constructed using cast metal, brass gearing, turned central supports, and paper gores mounted onto small terrestrial globes or plaster spheres.

Authentic pieces feature period-correct construction such as hand-cut or cast brass gears, stamped patent maker marks, engraved or cast calendar plates detailing months and zodiac signs, and naturally aged surface patina.

A Victorian orrery serves as a functional accent piece on an executive desk, library bookshelf, or console table, adding visual texture and architectural interest to classic or curated modern rooms.

Keep the instrument in a climate-controlled environment away from direct sunlight to prevent fading and cracking of the paper globe, and dust metal components lightly with a dry microfiber cloth without using abrasive chemical cleaners.
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