A MATCHED PAIR OF DUTCH TABLE GLOBES
BY GER AND LEON VALCK, AMSTERDAM, THE CELESTIAL GLOBE DATED 1750
One terrestrial, the other celestial, each supported on a later ebonized and oak stand with four turned tapered legs with ring turnings and turned shaped toes, and joined by circular dish-turned stretcher, each globe labeled in Latin GER ET LEON VALCK, the celestial globe dated 1750, the horizon rings and stands of a later date, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label
9 in. (23 cm.) diameter
A MATCHED PAIR OF DUTCH TABLE GLOBES
BY GER AND LEON VALCK, AMSTERDAM, THE CELESTIAL GLOBE DATED 1750
One terrestrial, the other celestial, each supported on a later ebonized and oak stand with four turned tapered legs with ring turnings and turned shaped toes, and joined by circular dish-turned stretcher, each globe labeled in Latin GER ET LEON VALCK, the celestial globe dated 1750, the horizon rings and stands of a later date, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label
9 in. (23 cm.) diameter
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