AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY 18-INCH TERRESTRIAL GLOBE
Lot 185

AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY 18-INCH TERRESTRIAL GLOBE

GEORGE PHILIP & SON, LONDON. MID-19TH CENTURY

Closed1 July 2009

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EUR 10,000

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AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY 18-INCH TERRESTRIAL GLOBE
GEORGE PHILIP & SON, LONDON. MID-19TH CENTURY
PHILIPS 18 INCH MERCHANT SHIPPERS' GLOBE Principal Steamship Routes Railways Other Principal British Cables U.S. Other, LONDON GEORGE PHILIP & SON, LTD., 32 FLEET STR. E.C.' and with pasted on label MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN, on a mahogany stand with reeded legs joined by turned stretchers centred by a paper compass dial inscribed LONDON GEORGE PHILIP AND SON, LTD., the side of the horizon support with a brass plaque stamped GEORGE PHILIP & SON, LTD./GLOBE MAKERS 32, FLEET STREET., LONDON, E.C.
115 cm. high overall

Specialist note

George Philip and Son were founded as globe-makers in 1834 and set up at 32 Fleet Street. They are the parent company of the contemporary cartographers Philip's.