Box for planetary models

Wooden fitted box lined with green baze, designed to hold models of the outer planets Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

Most likely a set of accessories for a geared model of the Solar System known as an orrery.

Object Details

ID: AST1051.4
Type: Box for planetary models
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Date made: 1848-1860
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: 75 x 428 x 315 mm
Parts: Planetary models