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A Nathaniel Hill 2 ¾-inch pocket globe in case, English, circa 1760, image 1
A Nathaniel Hill 2 ¾-inch pocket globe in case, English, circa 1760, image 2
The Stephen Edell Collection of Pocket and Table Globes
Lot 177

A Nathaniel Hill 2 ¾-inch pocket globe in case,
English, circa 1760,

15 September 2021, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £8,287.50 inc. premium

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A Nathaniel Hill 2 ¾-inch pocket globe in case, English, circa 1760,

the cartouche signed A NEW Terrestrial GLOBE by Nath Hill 1754, twelve hand-coloured engraved gores and two polar calottes, showing New Holland, Dimens Land and New Zealand part-delineated, North-West America labelled Unknown Parts, in original fish-skin case, each interior hemisphere with map of the heavens,
3in (7.5cm) diameter

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Provenance:
The Stephen Edell Collection.

Nathaniel Hill (fl.1746-1768) was apprenticed to the globe maker Richard Cushee. In 1751 he became a freeman of the Merchant Taylors' Company and took over the business of John Coggs at the sign of the Globe and Sun in Chancery Lane.

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