RICHARD et Cie, C.A., Paris/London

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RICHARD et Cie, C.A., Paris/London
PATENT 19460 RICHARD'S CHRONOSPHERE [c.1910]
A fine 6-inch (15.5cm.) diameter terrestrial clock globe made up of twelve colour printed gores laid on a metal sphere, the equatorial graduated in degrees and hours, the meridian of Greenwich graduated indegrees, the ecliptic ungraduated, the oceans with ocean currents, steamship routes with distances in nautical miles, and cable lines, the continents with nation states variously and delicately shaded and shpwing rivers, towns and cities (some minor discolouration), the brass finial with pierced hour hand to read against the chamfered horizon with stamped hour graduations, raised on a brass semi-circular support, stamped BTE S.G.D.G., on a tapering fluted brass column to the drum-shaped brass plinth base housing the clockwork mechanism, the base stamped MADE IN FRANCE 181 -- 11½in. (29.2cm.) high

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Literature

DEKKER, Elly Globes at Greenwich (Oxford, 1999) p.279, GLB0032

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Lot Essay

Dekker lists and describes an identical globe by Richard, suggesting that, despite the English cartography, these were made by the company of C.A. Richard et Cie at 32 rue de Bondy, Paris (as borne out by the stamp on the underside and the French patent mark). Dekker also notes that patent 19,460 was applied for in 1906 by James Haddon Overton and granted in 1907, although suggests they were initiallly sold primarily by the company of Smith & Son, before they gained sole right to market the globe.

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