Estimate

25.000 - 35.000

Session 2

29 April 2014

Hammer Price

Description

Mahogany structure with tripod foot with compass
Globes coated with colored etchings on paper, mounted in brass ring with scale and hoop, representing skyline on colored paper with degrees of amplitude and azimuth, compass directions, calendar and Zodiac names and symbols
Terrestrial globe representing the places known from Captain Cook discoveries to date (1802) and celestial globe dated of 1808 representing the constellations and two mythical figures
England, 19th century
(slight wear to the terrestrial globe etchings)

62x44 cm

Category

Objects