Lot Essay
William Bardin (fl. 1783-98), first started globe publishing in the 1780s and 1790s, publishing a number of globes with Gabriel Wright (1740-83), mostly 9 to 12 inch diameters.
WILLIAM BARDIN AND GABRIEL WRIGHT, AFTER JAMES FERGUSON. LATE 18TH CENTURY
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AN ENGLISH 12-INCH TERRESTRIAL TABLE GLOBE
WILLIAM BARDIN AND GABRIEL WRIGHT, AFTER JAMES FERGUSON. LATE 18TH CENTURY
FERGUSON'S TERRESTRIAL GLOBE Improved by G. Wright... and Made and Sold by Wm. Bardin, No. 4 Hind Court Fleet Street, made up of twelve handcoloured gores and two polar calottes, engraved brass meridian ring, brass pointers to the polars (hour rings lacking), handcoloured paper horizon laid down on an oak horizon ring, on four turned baluster stained beech supports joined by cross stretchers with brass meridian support
43 cm. high (overall)
WILLIAM BARDIN AND GABRIEL WRIGHT, AFTER JAMES FERGUSON. LATE 18TH CENTURY
FERGUSON'S TERRESTRIAL GLOBE Improved by G. Wright... and Made and Sold by Wm. Bardin, No. 4 Hind Court Fleet Street, made up of twelve handcoloured gores and two polar calottes, engraved brass meridian ring, brass pointers to the polars (hour rings lacking), handcoloured paper horizon laid down on an oak horizon ring, on four turned baluster stained beech supports joined by cross stretchers with brass meridian support
43 cm. high (overall)
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