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live December 3 | 12:00 PM
Scheublein Art und Auktionen KG

331 - Pocket Globe: A pocket globe covered with twelve paper segments featuring a map of the Earth. Inside the accompanying case are twelve paper segments depicting a celestial map with the constellations of the northern and southern hemispheres. Both parts—the globe with the Earth and the hollow sphere with the sky—form a single unit. Papier-mâché (presumably), twelve colored copperplate-engraved segments, wood, ray skin. Inscribed in a cartouche: “A New Terrestrial Globe by Nath Hill 1754.” Ø 6.8 cm. Original case. Slightly damaged. The axle pins at the poles are missing.

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€4,000

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Estimation

€4,000 - 5,000

Sale fees

32%

Pocket Globe: A pocket globe covered with twelve paper segments featuring a map of the Earth. Inside the accompanying case are twelve paper segments depicting a celestial map with the constellations of the northern and southern hemispheres. Both parts—the globe with the Earth and the hollow sphere with the sky—form a single unit. Papier-mâché (presumably), twelve colored copperplate-engraved segments, wood, ray skin. Inscribed in a cartouche: “A New Terrestrial Globe by Nath Hill 1754.” Ø 6.8 cm. Original case. Slightly damaged. The axle pins at the poles are missing.

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Auction details

Art Auction 74
Thursday, December 3
12:00 PM
Waltherstraße 23
80333 München, Germany

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Scheublein Art und Auktionen KG +49 8 92 38 86 890 info@scheublein.com
On Drouot for 4 years avec More than 7,000 lots published

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