Document Details Antide Janvier; a pair of armillary-form astronomical timepieces, Paris 1796:
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- Title: Antide Janvier; a pair of armillary-form astronomical timepieces, Paris 1796
SubTitle: An ORRERY Timepiece (No.222) and a PLANETARY Timepiece (No.223), signed and numbered - Author: Antide Janvier
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Keywords: astronomical highgrade specific
Other Keywords: Janvier orrerey planetarium spheres Time Museum
Notes: almost identical copies of pair of instruments demonstrated by Janvier to Louis XVI on 24 April 1784, and bought by the king for the library in Versailles, who disapeared in 1789. Present pair COULD be same instruments on new bases and renumbered. Planetarium with 6 planets. Time Museum Inventory No. 1207 and 1208, earlier Lord Harris Collection Belmont UK
Edition: Lot 65 -- Copyright: 1999
Kind: Auction Catalog
Type: Shelf clock
Geographic area: France
Topic: NA/Other
Organization: Auction
Pages: 244-249
Entered By: FMM
BHM No: 8946
Parent Document ID: 537 - Parent Document Title: Masterpieces from the Time Museum, Dec. 2, 1999 New York - Publisher:
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