
Jon Baddeley
Specialist Consultant Collectors, Science & Marine
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Provenance:
The Stephen Edell Collection.
James Ferguson (1710-1776) was an instrument maker who acquired the stock of globes from the late John Senex in 1755. this included all the original Senex engraved copper plates for the printed gores apart for the smallest 2/3/4in diameter pocket globe. It is for this reason that he designed his own example in 1756 however the enterprise did not last long as the globe business transferred to Benjamin Martin in 1757.
Literature:
Elly Decker, Globes at Greenwich, London, 1999.