History of the United States in 100 Objects -- 14: The Winthrop Alchemical Physician's Chair
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The Central Rosette and the Three Rings Around It
Central rosette in the middle has three simple rings carved around it. This suggests that this central rosette represents the sun with planets in around it. The earth, of course, is the third planet around the sun if you subscribe to the copernican system. So there'sso saying something about the connection between the sun and the earth among these other heavenly bodies around them.
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