Objekt 9
Planetarium
Description
In the center is the sun around which the earth with moon revolves. The planets are shown as cardboard discs attached to strips of tin. Shown are the planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus (1781) as well as the then newly discovered planetoids Vesta (1807), Juno (1804), Ceres (1801) and Pallas (1802). An equatorial ring shows zodiac signs and month designations.
Object description
Manufacturer: Claude Picquet
Paris, 1st half of the 19th century.
Wood, gilded and covered with printed paper, tin strips, cardboard
Signature: A Paris chez CL. PICQUET Rue Neuve des Bons Enfants derrière la Banque
Deposit Astronomisch-Meteorologische Anstalt der Universität Basel
Inv. 1950.69.