A DIMINUTIVE PAINTED METAL GLOBE IN WOOD STAND
POSSIBLY MASSACHUSETTS, 19TH CENTURY
10 in. high
Provenance
The Backofen Collection, Hill Farm, East Plainfield, New Hampshire William A. Smith, Inc., Plainfield, New Hampshire, 29 June 2007, lot 112 Stephen Score, Boston, Massachusetts, January 2007
In the 2007 sale, this charming miniature globe was sold as from Lunenburg Academy, made by Timothy Marshall in 1825. This is most likely Lunenburg, Massachusetts.
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