A PAIR OF VICTORIAN TERRESTRIAL AND CELESTIAL 18-INCH LIBRARY GLOBES
BY THOMAS MALBY AND SON, LONDON, CIRCA 1880
The terrestrial globe surveyed to 1879, the celestial globe surveyed to 1870, each with brass meridian ring and on mahogany stirrup supports with turned columns and incurved tripod legs joined by turned stretchers centred by a compass, on castors, the terrestrial globe with additional later painted retailer's name 'WILLIAM COLLINS SONS & CO AGENTS LONDON, GLASGOW, EDINBURGH & SYDNEY', each with an inventory label 'D1691'
43 in. (109 cm.) high, approx. overall; 23¼ in. (59 cm.) wide (2)
A PAIR OF VICTORIAN TERRESTRIAL AND CELESTIAL 18-INCH LIBRARY GLOBES
BY THOMAS MALBY AND SON, LONDON, CIRCA 1880
The terrestrial globe surveyed to 1879, the celestial globe surveyed to 1870, each with brass meridian ring and on mahogany stirrup supports with turned columns and incurved tripod legs joined by turned stretchers centred by a compass, on castors, the terrestrial globe with additional later painted retailer's name 'WILLIAM COLLINS SONS & CO AGENTS LONDON, GLASGOW, EDINBURGH & SYDNEY', each with an inventory label 'D1691'
43 in. (109 cm.) high, approx. overall; 23¼ in. (59 cm.) wide (2)
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