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A PAIR OF WILLIAM IV TERRESTRIAL AND CELESTIAL MINIATURE TABLE GLOBES

BY NEWTON & SON, CIRCA 1831

    Price Realised USD 3,528
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    USD 800 - USD 1,200
    Closed: 25 Oct 2022
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    A PAIR OF WILLIAM IV TERRESTRIAL AND CELESTIAL MINIATURE TABLE GLOBES

    BY NEWTON & SON, CIRCA 1831

    Price Realised USD 3,528
    Closed: 25 Oct 2022
    Price Realised USD 3,528
    Closed: 25 Oct 2022
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    Newton's new and improved Terrestrial Globe and Improved pocket Celestial Globe, London, published by Newton and Son, 66 Chancery Lane & 3 Fleet St; each globe with 12 hand-colored engraved gores, the terrestrial marking the tracks of Cook's 2nd and 3rd voyages, and Biscoe's Antarctic voyage 1830-31, Metal pinions, set in brass half meridian circles, mounted on later rosewood turned stands with central column and tripartite base with brass feet, printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label
    3 in. (7.5 cm.) diameter, 61⁄4 in. (16 cm.) high overall
    Provenance
    Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 20 May 1992, lot 345.
    Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
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