A 3-INCH FRENCH TERRESTRIAL GLOBE

DELAMARCHE, 1863

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Price Realized

£1,188 (Set Currency)
($1,914)

Estimate

£800 - £1,200
($1,290 - $1,936)

Sale Information

Sale 4826 —
Travel, Science and Natural History
25 April 2012
London, South Kensington
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Lot Description

A 3-INCH FRENCH TERRESTRIAL GLOBE
Delamarche, 1863
the globe made up of 12 hand-coloured engraved gores and two polar calottes, the cartouche DELAMARCHE Paris Rue Serpente 25, 1863, the globe on a brass axis with half-meridian index pointer, rotating above a paper dial divided I-XII-I-XII and signed Henri Montandon Fabt. d'Horloge, around this hang four silver French and Swiss pocket watches; on turned ebonised stand.
11½in. (29cm.) high