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Lot 432

Miniature Globes.
[Newton Family.]
Collection of Miniature Globes. [London: c.1830.]

5 December 2018, 14:00 EST
New York

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Miniature Globes.

[Newton Family.] Collection of Miniature Globes. [London: c.1830.] Three identical miniature globes, each 1 inch (27 mm) diameter, made up of 12 hand-colored engraved gores, over a plaster ball, varnished, iron axis. One mounted in a turned fruitwood case with domed lid, another in its original green morocco box, and the third in a contemporary red morocco box, both boxes with a clasp. One globe slightly chipped, the other two with light abrasion of the varnish.

These are some of the smallest obtainable miniature globes available in early 19th century England, most likely made by the Newton family both to sell cased, as here, and shown off as objects of curiosity, but also for use in larger instruments such as telluriums and armillary spheres where a small earth ball was required.

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