Bracket for Mars

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This brass bracket originally supported an ivory model of Mars, part of a planetarium attachment of a William Jones orrery.

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ID:	AST1056.7
Type:	Bracket for Mars
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Jones, William
Date made:	1781-1790
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements:	Overall: 48 mm x 95 mm x 14 mm
Parts:	A New Portable Orrery (Orrery) Model of Earth from a tellurium (AST1056.1) Box for planetarium (AST1056.2) Box (AST1056.3) Model and bracket for Mercury (AST1056.4) Bracket for Venus (AST1056.5) Model and bracket for Earth (AST1056.6) Bracket for Mars (AST1056.7) Model and bracket for Jupiter (AST1056.8) Bracket for Saturn (AST1056.9) Model of Saturn (AST1056.10) Model of a planet (AST1056.11) Semi circular fixing (AST1056.12) Pin (AST1056.13)