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A Dudley Adams 2 ¾-inch pocket globe, English, circa 1795, image 1
A Dudley Adams 2 ¾-inch pocket globe, English, circa 1795, image 2
The Stephen Edell Collection of Pocket and Table Globes
Lot 168

A Dudley Adams 2 ¾-inch pocket globe,
English, circa 1795,

15 September 2021, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £8,287.50 inc. premium

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A Dudley Adams 2 ¾-inch pocket globe, English, circa 1795,

the cartouche printed A New GLOBE of the Earth by Dudley Adams, the terrestrial globe with twelve hand coloured and engraved gores, outside the cartouche printed J. Mynde Sc., with pin holes at the poles and showing Cook's track going out in 1776 and King's return in 1780, the American coastline north of California is drawn with Alaska and Behring, in fish-skin covered case with celestial globe applied to inner surfaces, two hooks and eyes,
3in (7.5cm) diameter

Footnotes

Provenance:
The Stephen Edell Collection.

Literature:
John R. Millburn, Adams of Fleet Street, Instrument Makers to King George III, London, 2000.

From a family of renowned instrument-makers, Dudley Adams (1762-1830) was the son of George Adams Sr. (1750-1795), and younger brother of George Adams Jr. (1750-1795). He worked at Charing Cross for 16 years before relocating to the family business on Fleet Street from 1796. Along with globes, Dudley Adams also made compasses, table globes, and patented spectacles.

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