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A James Ferguson 2 ¾-inch pocket globe in case, English, circa 1756, image 1
A James Ferguson 2 ¾-inch pocket globe in case, English, circa 1756, image 2
The Stephen Edell Collection of Pocket and Table Globes
Lot 173

A James Ferguson 2 ¾-inch pocket globe in case,
English, circa 1756,

15 September 2021, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A James Ferguson 2 ¾-inch pocket globe in case, English, circa 1756,

the cartouche printed A New GLOBE of the Earth by James Ferguson, the terrestrial globe with twelve hand coloured engraved gores, the name of the engraver J Mynde Sc. printed just below the cartouche, California is drawn as a peninsular, the Chinese Wall is shown, Tasmania is titled Van Dimens Land , Anson's outward and return tracks, in fish-skin covered case with print of the heavens applied to the inner hemispheres,
3in (7.5cm) diameter

Footnotes

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.

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