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Lot 94 |THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A NEAR PAIR OF EARLY VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD 18-INCH GLOBES
BY NEWTON, THE CELESTIAL GLOBE DATED 1845, THE TERRESTRIAL GLOBE DATED 1846
Closed27 May 2010
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A NEAR PAIR OF EARLY VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD 18-INCH GLOBES
BY NEWTON, THE CELESTIAL GLOBE DATED 1845, THE TERRESTRIAL GLOBE DATED 1846
The terrestrial globe with cartouche: 'NEWTON'S NEW AND IMPROVED TERRESTRIAL GLOBE ACCURATELY DELINEATED FROM THE OBSERVATIONS OF THE MOST ESTEEMED NAVIGATORS AND TRAVELLERS TO THE PRESENT TIME MANUFACTURED BY NEWTON & SON 66 CHANCERY LANE LONDON PUBLISHED 1ST JANUARY 1846', the celestial globe with cartouche: 'NEWTON'S NEW AND IMPROVED CELESTIAL GLOBE ON WHICH ALL THE STARS NEBULAE AND CLUSTERS CONTAINED IN THE EXTENSIVE CATALOGUE OF THE LATE F.WOLLASTON F.R.S. ARE ACCURATELY LAID DOWN, THEIR RIGHT ASCENSIONS AND DECLINATIONS HAVING BEEN CALCULATED FOR THE YEAR 1830 BY W.NEWTON MANUFACTURED BY NEWTON & SON 66 CHANCERY LANE, LONDON. LONDON PUBLISHED FEBY. 2D. 1845. ENGRAVED BY F.STARLING WILMINGTON SQUARE', each made up of twenty-four hand-coloured engraved split-half gores and with engraved brass hour dial to poles and meridian, the later facsimile horizon with Zodiac and calendar scales, on a rosewood stand with acanthus-carved and fluted turned legs joined by foliate stretchers and a central turned boss, on brass castors, minor differences in carving of the stands
46½ in. (118 cm.) high; (2)
BY NEWTON, THE CELESTIAL GLOBE DATED 1845, THE TERRESTRIAL GLOBE DATED 1846
The terrestrial globe with cartouche: 'NEWTON'S NEW AND IMPROVED TERRESTRIAL GLOBE ACCURATELY DELINEATED FROM THE OBSERVATIONS OF THE MOST ESTEEMED NAVIGATORS AND TRAVELLERS TO THE PRESENT TIME MANUFACTURED BY NEWTON & SON 66 CHANCERY LANE LONDON PUBLISHED 1ST JANUARY 1846', the celestial globe with cartouche: 'NEWTON'S NEW AND IMPROVED CELESTIAL GLOBE ON WHICH ALL THE STARS NEBULAE AND CLUSTERS CONTAINED IN THE EXTENSIVE CATALOGUE OF THE LATE F.WOLLASTON F.R.S. ARE ACCURATELY LAID DOWN, THEIR RIGHT ASCENSIONS AND DECLINATIONS HAVING BEEN CALCULATED FOR THE YEAR 1830 BY W.NEWTON MANUFACTURED BY NEWTON & SON 66 CHANCERY LANE, LONDON. LONDON PUBLISHED FEBY. 2D. 1845. ENGRAVED BY F.STARLING WILMINGTON SQUARE', each made up of twenty-four hand-coloured engraved split-half gores and with engraved brass hour dial to poles and meridian, the later facsimile horizon with Zodiac and calendar scales, on a rosewood stand with acanthus-carved and fluted turned legs joined by foliate stretchers and a central turned boss, on brass castors, minor differences in carving of the stands
46½ in. (118 cm.) high; (2)
A NEAR PAIR OF EARLY VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD 18-INCH GLOBES
BY NEWTON, THE CELESTIAL GLOBE DATED 1845, THE TERRESTRIAL GLOBE DATED 1846
The terrestrial globe with cartouche: 'NEWTON'S NEW AND IMPROVED TERRESTRIAL GLOBE ACCURATELY DELINEATED FROM THE OBSERVATIONS OF THE MOST ESTEEMED NAVIGATORS AND TRAVELLERS TO THE PRESENT TIME MANUFACTURED BY NEWTON & SON 66 CHANCERY LANE LONDON PUBLISHED 1ST JANUARY 1846', the celestial globe with cartouche: 'NEWTON'S NEW AND IMPROVED CELESTIAL GLOBE ON WHICH ALL THE STARS NEBULAE AND CLUSTERS CONTAINED IN THE EXTENSIVE CATALOGUE OF THE LATE F.WOLLASTON F.R.S. ARE ACCURATELY LAID DOWN, THEIR RIGHT ASCENSIONS AND DECLINATIONS HAVING BEEN CALCULATED FOR THE YEAR 1830 BY W.NEWTON MANUFACTURED BY NEWTON & SON 66 CHANCERY LANE, LONDON. LONDON PUBLISHED FEBY. 2D. 1845. ENGRAVED BY F.STARLING WILMINGTON SQUARE', each made up of twenty-four hand-coloured engraved split-half gores and with engraved brass hour dial to poles and meridian, the later facsimile horizon with Zodiac and calendar scales, on a rosewood stand with acanthus-carved and fluted turned legs joined by foliate stretchers and a central turned boss, on brass castors, minor differences in carving of the stands
46½ in. (118 cm.) high; (2)
BY NEWTON, THE CELESTIAL GLOBE DATED 1845, THE TERRESTRIAL GLOBE DATED 1846
The terrestrial globe with cartouche: 'NEWTON'S NEW AND IMPROVED TERRESTRIAL GLOBE ACCURATELY DELINEATED FROM THE OBSERVATIONS OF THE MOST ESTEEMED NAVIGATORS AND TRAVELLERS TO THE PRESENT TIME MANUFACTURED BY NEWTON & SON 66 CHANCERY LANE LONDON PUBLISHED 1ST JANUARY 1846', the celestial globe with cartouche: 'NEWTON'S NEW AND IMPROVED CELESTIAL GLOBE ON WHICH ALL THE STARS NEBULAE AND CLUSTERS CONTAINED IN THE EXTENSIVE CATALOGUE OF THE LATE F.WOLLASTON F.R.S. ARE ACCURATELY LAID DOWN, THEIR RIGHT ASCENSIONS AND DECLINATIONS HAVING BEEN CALCULATED FOR THE YEAR 1830 BY W.NEWTON MANUFACTURED BY NEWTON & SON 66 CHANCERY LANE, LONDON. LONDON PUBLISHED FEBY. 2D. 1845. ENGRAVED BY F.STARLING WILMINGTON SQUARE', each made up of twenty-four hand-coloured engraved split-half gores and with engraved brass hour dial to poles and meridian, the later facsimile horizon with Zodiac and calendar scales, on a rosewood stand with acanthus-carved and fluted turned legs joined by foliate stretchers and a central turned boss, on brass castors, minor differences in carving of the stands
46½ in. (118 cm.) high; (2)
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Slater, Havilland Hall, Guernsey, sold Sotheby's London, 7 April 1995, lot 145.
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