ID 1249850 
Lot 117  | NEWTON & SON (fl.1840-61)
Estimate value
£ 3 000 – 5 000 
AN ENGLISH POCKET GLOBE WITH DIAL FOR TIME ZONES, CIRCA 1835
A previously unrecorded stand for an early-19th-century English globe.
A 3-inch (7.6cm.) diameter terrestrial globe made up of twelve hand-coloured engraved gores, cartouche in north Pacific NEWTON'S New & Improved TERRESTRIAL GLOBE Published by Newton & Son 66 Chancery Lane & 3.Fleet St, Temple Bar, the equatorial graduated in degrees, the Meridian of London ungraduated, the ecliptic graduated in days of the houses of the Zodiac with sigils, cartouche in the oceans with the tracks of Cook's 2nd and 3rd voyages, and Biscoe's antarctic voyage 1830-31, with various dates and some notes, the continents outlined in colour and showing rivers, mountains, deserts, towns, cities and the Chinese wall, Alaska labelled Russian Territy, South Africa labelled CAFRERIA, the islands of New Zealand labelled in Maori Eahei Nomauwe and Tavai Poenamoo, Antarctica showing only the small portion of coastline for Enderby's land; supported in ungraduated, half-meridian arc, sitting atop a wooden stand with inset compass, the front dial giving the time zones of various cities, with rotating volvelle.
9 1/4 x 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. (23.5 x 9.5 x 9.5 cm.)
| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom | 
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| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Pocket watches | 
| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom | 
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| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Pocket watches | 
| Address of auction | 
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom  | |
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