Live Auction 18366The Collector: European and English 18th and 19th Century Furniture and Works of Art, Silver, Ceramics and Gold Boxes
A PAIR OF REGENCY CELESTIAL AND TERESTIAL POCKET GLOBES AND BLACK AND GILT STANDS AND COVERS
Lot 142 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

A PAIR OF REGENCY CELESTIAL AND TERESTIAL POCKET GLOBES AND BLACK AND GILT STANDS AND COVERS

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Closed15 July 2020

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GBP 5,625

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A PAIR OF REGENCY CELESTIAL AND TERESTIAL POCKET GLOBES AND BLACK AND GILT STANDS AND COVERS
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Each weighted stand painted with flowers and foliage and with red painted interior, the gores laid on later spheres, inscribed 'New & Correct GLOBE.... de Winds and M... by W. Goodfang (?)'
8 in. (20 cm.) high, the stands and cases; 2 5/8 in. (6.5 cm.) diameter, the globes

The Collection of Nancy Lancaster (1897–1994) and thence by descent.

Specialist note

These globes and stands were formerly in the collection of Nancy Lancaster (1897-1994). Born in Virginia, she became the owner of Colefax & Fowler, the influential British decorating firm that codified what is known as the English country house look. Her collaboration with the late John Fowler and the style of decoration and furniture arranging that they developed together remains a strong force in interior design today. Kelmarsh Hall in Northamptonshire was her first major house in England, taken with her husband Ronald Tree for the hunting, while her last house was Haseley Court in Oxfordshire.