18th C. Atlas Armillary

* An interesting mix of early science and Greek mythology: One of the legendary Titans battling Zeus was defeated and decreed to carry the weight of the world on his mighty shoulders.
* Forever.
* Our armillary dial, however, has Atlas carrying the entire universe.
* That's to say the known Renaissance universe, when the earth was still believed to be at its center.
* Gracefully intertwined silver rings symbolize the position and trajectories of heavenly bodies around the earth.
* In all aspects ethereal, science combined with beauty, myth with historic fact.