Lot 632

A NEWTON'S TERRESTRIAL LIBRARY GLOBE

Circa 1820s

Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Hammer price: £2,000
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.

The approx 15 inch globe with makers label detailed 'Newton's New & Improved Terrestrial Globe accurately delineated from the observations of the most esteemed navigators & travellers to the present time Manufactured by J & W Newton 66 Chancery Lane' with a brass horizon ring, mounted on a mahogany stand, the x-frame base fitted with a glazed compass also detailed 'W.Newton', overall height approx 104cm

Condition report:

- Numerous losses and cracks throughout
- Brass meridian ring tarnished 
- Mahogany stand; split to leg, losses of ebony banding, two missing quarter roundels and various marks throughout
- Split to the compass
- Overall would benefit from professional restoration

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