Armillary Sphere

Every Armillary is unique and tailored to you. Its made for your exact latitude and longitude to ensure accuracy; whether you want it installed in a city space in London, a Mediterranean garden in Europe, or contemporary landscape in Australia.

You can also choose to have it personally engraved.David Harber’s fascination with the history of science, space and the solar system inspired him to create the astronomically intriguing Armillary Sphere. Originally invented by the Greeks, the Armillary Sphere was used to observe the great circles of the heavens, calculate the sun’s movements and predict ecliptic events.

Bronze

As well as being strong and highly durable, a bronze Verdigris patina on an Armillary Sundial gives the impression of timelessness.

Additional embellishments like extra rings marking the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, the North and South Polar Circles, a calendar showing the progression of the months, and an arrowhead and tail can be incorporated.

Additional options

Arrow & Tail $1,143.60
Calandar $4,482.31
Tropics & Polars $3,613.31

Stainless Steel

Made from marine-grade stainless steel, these armillary spheres are mirror-polished to ensure high visibility and lifelong brilliance.

Additional features like a calendar, extra rings, or an arrowhead and tail can be added to this celestial sphere to create more functionality.

A lighter material than bronze, brass has a real sense of weight and a patina that matures well, darkening with age.

A calendar, an arrowhead and tail, and other additional features can be added to brass armillary spheres.

Additional Options:

Arrow & Tail $1,508.64
Calendar $2,983.36
Tropics & Polars $3,193.35

Brass

A lighter material than bronze, brass has a real sense of weight and a patina that matures well and darkens with age. It will look at home in a traditional English garden or a more contemporary outdoor space.

The classic features of the astronomical instrument: a calendar, an arrowhead and tail and more, can be added to brass armillary spheres.

Additional Options:

Arrow & Tail $1,143.60
Calendar $2,665.16
Tropics & Polars $2,907.45

Personalisation:

As well as marking the equinoxes, a personalised sundial creates a beautiful gift to mark an important anniversary or memorialise a person. Dials can be engraved with words and phrases of personal resonance, such as mottos and quotations; family names and dates of birth; commissioning statements; house names with latitude and longitude; and the distances and direction to locations significant to the client.

The sphere has an equatorial band and can have rings representing the tropics of Cancer Capricorn, and the Polar Circle. An arrowhead and tail and a calendar band can be included to highlight a memorable date of the year.

Prices shown are base prices ex UK and do not include the cost of crating, shipping, insurance, import duty or GST - all of which we are happy to provide a quotation for.