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Object number
A-409
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Classification
Astrological
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Object name
Volvelle
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Title
Volvelle: Astrological
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Creator
Unidentified
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Description
Cardboard disk divided into zodiacal signs with planetary symbols. Above this, seven 12-pointed cardboard stars, each marked with a single planetary symbol, then a 24-pointed star. Next a wooden platform like the first disk, and six more 12-pointed stars. On top, a small disk divided into 24 sectors by halves, then two long pointers. Everything rotates except the first disk and that on the central wooden platform.
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Period
1780-1830
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Material
wood, pasteboard, metal
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Place Of Prod.
[France]
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6.5 |
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25.3 |
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19.6 |
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