Furniture, Clocks & Works of Art
Furniture, Clocks & Works of Art
Property from an English Private Collection
A William IV 18-inch terrestrial globe by W. & T. M. Bardin, dated 1836
Lot Closed
May 18, 03:02 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from an English Private Collection
A William IV 18-inch terrestrial globe by W. & T. M. Bardin
dated 1836
with dedication 'To the Rt Honourable, SIR JOSEPH BANKS, BART. K.B. President of the Royal Society, This New British Terrestrial Globe, containing all the latest Discoveries and Communications from the most correct and authentic Observations and Surveys to the year 1836, By Captn Cook and more recent Navigators engraved from most accurate drawings by Mr Arrowsmith, Geographer, Is respectfully Dedicated by his most obedient Servants W. & T. M. Bardin' and inscribed below 'Manufactured by S S Edkins Son in Law & Successor to the late T M Bardin, Salisbury Square, London', set in a brass meridian and with hand-coloured printed horizon on a turned mahogany tripod stand with compass stretcher
approx. 110cm. high; 3ft. 7 1/4 in.