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The Stephen Edell Collection of Pocket and Table Globes
Lot 181
A John Senex 2 ¾-inch pocket globe in case, English, circa 1730,
15 September 2021, 14:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £16,500 inc. premium
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A John Senex 2 ¾-inch pocket globe in case, English, circa 1730,
the cartouche printed A New and Correct Globe of the Earth by I. Senex F.R.S, the sphere applied with twelve hand-coloured gores, California is printed as an island, Australia is titled New Holland, the prime meridian goes through London and the Antipodes of London is marked directly opposite in the southern hemisphere, in fish-skin covered case with the two inner hemispheres each applied with hand-coloured half gores of the heavens,
3in (7.5cm) diameter
3in (7.5cm) diameter
Footnotes
Provenance:
Christie's, London, 1967.
The Stephen Edell Collection.
John Senex (1678-1740) dominated the London globe trade in the first four decades of the 18th century. He initially worked with a number of other makers and in 1710 he moved to his own premises in Fleet Street, where he continued to trade under his own name.
Senex produced globes from 2 3/4 in up to 27 in diameter and in 1728 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. His cartouche bears the initials F.R.S after this date.
Literature:
Sylvia Sumira, The Art and History of Globes, London, 2014.