Lot 2034

`TYPUS ORBIS TERRARUM': A CONTINENTAL POTTERY RECTANGULAR TILE PANEL (20)

Probably 19th century
After an original map of the world by the Dutch cartographer, Henricus Hondius ( 1597-1651), comprising twenty square tiles and painted with double sphere map, the corners with portraits of Julius Caesar and the cartographers Claudius Ptolmy, Gerard Mercator and Jodocus Hondius, 82cm by 102cm

Estimate: £200 - £400
Hammer price: £1,400
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.

One tile has been broken in half and repaired. Some overall losses, cracks and chips

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