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Lot 445

Globe Curiosities.
Collection of 8 terrestrial globes, all with hinged lids, and used as everyday objects. Late 19th century.

5 December 2018, 14:00 EST
New York

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Globe Curiosities.

Collection of 8 terrestrial globes, all with hinged lids, and used as everyday objects. Late 19th century. The collection comprises:
1. A tin globe made as a biscuit tin, marking English and French territories around the world, c.1890, diameter 180 mm (7.5 inches).
2. A French egg-like globe of wood and color-printed gores, for storing needles.
3. Two Clark and Company wooden globes for storing cotton reels, one resting on a turned wooden stand, c.1890, both 3 inch diameter (77 mm), the one on a stand height 140 mm, has a cotton ball inside.
4. Two Austrian inkwell globes, c.1880, diameter 2.5 inches (6 5 mm).
5. A copper globe, engraved with a depiction of the world, c.1870, diameter 2.5 inches (65 mm).
6, A German miniature propelling pencil, a loop at one end to attach to a bracelet. c.1880, diameter 20 mm.
Cf. Christies. The World in your Hands, London: 1994. 8.16/17 (inkwells); 8.18 (pencil); 8.12 (Clarke's thread globe).

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