Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 11th August 2020
Lot 296
A WILLIAM IV POCKET GLOBE BY NEWTON
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £1800
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Description
A WILLIAM IV POCKET GLOBE BY NEWTON, SON & BERRY
C.1830
the three inch globe made of twelve hand-coloured engraved gores, inscribed 'Newton's new & improved (terrestrial) globe published by Newton, Son & Berry 66 Chancery Lane London', the oceans with Cook's three voyages, South Africa titled 'Caffreria', Alaska as Russian territory and New Zealand in Maori, with iron axes pins and housed in a turned case with a domed lid
11.6cm high
PROVENANCE
The late Greta Morrison, widow of Bryan Morrison.