ID 1071217
Lot 156 | A PAIR OF 18 INCH REGENCY MAHOGANY TERRESTRIAL AND CELESTIAL GLOBES
Valeur estimée
£ 20 000 – 30 000
BY W. & J. M. BARDIN, CIRCA 1807
Each with engraved divided brass meridian ring, the terrestrial with graduated brass half-colure, and horizon ring printed with the months and astrological signs, upon turned mahogany stands with downswept legs and spade feet with castors, the feet joined by a compass-centred tripartite stretcher; the terrestrial globe's cartouche 'To the Rt. Honorable/SIR JOSEPH BANKS BART. K. B./President of the Royal Society/THIS NEW BRITISH TERRESTRIAL GLOBE/Containing all the latest Discoveries and Communications, from the/most correct and Observations and Surveys, to the Year 1799/by Captn. Cook and more recent Navigators. Engraved from/an accurate Drawing by Mr Arrowsmith, Geographer/Additions to 1807. Is respectfully Dedicated/by his most obedient hble. Servants/W & J.M. Bardin', the celestial globe with the printed label 'To the Rev./NEVIL MASKELYNE, D.D, F.R.S./Astronomer Royal/THIS NEW BRITISH TERRESTRIAL GLOBE/Containing the Positions of nearly 6000 Stars, Clusters, Nebulae, Planetary/Nebulae & Correctly computed & laint down for the year 1800, from the latest observati/ons and discoveries by D. Maskelyne, Dr. Herlichel, The Revd. Mr Wollaston &c. &c/To respectfully Dedicated/ by his most obedient hble. Servants/W. & J.M. Bardin', minor variation to the ring turning to the top of the shafts
Each: 45 in. (115 cm.) high; 26 in. (66 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Almost certainly, Mary, Marchioness of Downshire and 1st Baroness Sandys of Ombersley (1764-1836) and by descent.
Literature
A. Oswald, 'Ombersley Court, Worcestershire - II', Country Life, 9 January 1953, p. 96, pl. 5.
Ombersley Court Inventory, June 1963, annotated Ombersley MS, in 'The Dining Room'.
Millburn, J.R., and Rössaak, T.E., 'The Bardin family, globe-makers in London, and their associate, Gabriel Wright' in Der Globusfreund no. 40⁄41 (1992), pp.21-57.
| Matériel: | Acajou, Bois naturel |
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| Style artistique: | Régence |
| Lieu d'origine: | Angleterre, Europe du Nord, Europe, Royaume-Uni |
| Catégorie: | Globe terrestre |
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Meubles et Lampes, Canettes |
| Matériel: | Acajou, Bois naturel |
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| Style artistique: | Régence |
| Lieu d'origine: | Angleterre, Europe du Nord, Europe, Royaume-Uni |
| Catégorie: | Globe terrestre |
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Meubles et Lampes, Canettes |
| Adresse de l'enchère |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London Royaume-Uni | |||||
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