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Two unusual 19th-Century English miniature globes,
a 7cm. (2¾in.) diameter celestial globe by Smith & Son and an 8.5cm. (3 3/8in.) diameter thread-holder globe by Clark & Co.
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Smith's celestial globe is made up of twelve hand-coloured celestial gores laid to the ecliptic poles on a wooden sphere. The cartouche in Bootes reads SMITH'S CELESTIAL GLOBE SMITH & SON LONDON, beneath a star chart showing five degrees of magnitude. The equatorial and solstitial and equinoctial colures are all graduated in degrees; the ecliptic is graduated in 12 times 1-30° with sigils for the houses of the Zodiac and days of the month in Latin. The constellations are depicted by mythical beasts and figures and scientific instruments and many stars are labelled with numerals or Greek characters (some rubbing and abrasion throughout, with slight detail loss. Minor crack to the southern ecliptic pole). There is a small brass finial and meridian half-circle, unmarked, and showing signs of ebonising. A slightly tapering handle is arranged to attach to the southern pole via a threaded brass ferrule -- 15.9cm. (6¼in.) long
Clark's thread globe is a hollow wooden sphere, separating at the equator to reveal labels applied within each hemisphere reading CLARK & Cos ANCHOR SEWING COTTONS The Best for Hand & Machine Use . The exterior is painted with a yellow ground, brown lines of latitude and longitude and repeated decoration in green and brown. There are twelve applied meridians in the form of a thin black strip of paper with gilt decoration. At the North Pole is a small ivory ferrule around an aperture for the thread. (2)
a 7cm. (2¾in.) diameter celestial globe by Smith & Son and an 8.5cm. (3 3/8in.) diameter thread-holder globe by Clark & Co.
See Colour Illustration
Smith's celestial globe is made up of twelve hand-coloured celestial gores laid to the ecliptic poles on a wooden sphere. The cartouche in Bootes reads SMITH'S CELESTIAL GLOBE SMITH & SON LONDON, beneath a star chart showing five degrees of magnitude. The equatorial and solstitial and equinoctial colures are all graduated in degrees; the ecliptic is graduated in 12 times 1-30° with sigils for the houses of the Zodiac and days of the month in Latin. The constellations are depicted by mythical beasts and figures and scientific instruments and many stars are labelled with numerals or Greek characters (some rubbing and abrasion throughout, with slight detail loss. Minor crack to the southern ecliptic pole). There is a small brass finial and meridian half-circle, unmarked, and showing signs of ebonising. A slightly tapering handle is arranged to attach to the southern pole via a threaded brass ferrule -- 15.9cm. (6¼in.) long
Clark's thread globe is a hollow wooden sphere, separating at the equator to reveal labels applied within each hemisphere reading CLARK & C
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