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A John Newton 2 ½-inch pocket globe in case, English, circa 1790, image 1
A John Newton 2 ½-inch pocket globe in case, English, circa 1790, image 2
The Stephen Edell Collection of Pocket and Table Globes
Lot 170

A John Newton 2 ½-inch pocket globe in case,
English, circa 1790,

15 September 2021, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £22,750 inc. premium

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A John Newton 2 ½-inch pocket globe in case, English, circa 1790,

the cartouche printed A NEW Terrestrial GLOBE by J Newton 1783, the sphere applied with hand coloured gores showing the trade winds and monsoons indicated by arrows, the Dampier Strait is labelled, Australia and New Zealand are drawn according to Cook's discoveries, and the tracks of Anson's voyage and Cook are shown, in fish-skin covered case with map if the heavens applied to inner two hemispheres,
3in (7.5cm) diameter

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Provenance:
The Stephen Edell Collection.

John Newton (1759-1844) founded his family firm in the 1780s, which flourished into the 19th century with support from various family members. The workshop primarily made globes before expanding to include mechanical planetaria. Newton globes were advertised in an unusually broad range of sizes - a total of ten different variations from 1 inch to 25 inches in diameter.

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