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BY GER AND LEON VALCK, AMSTERDAM, THE CELESTIAL GLOBE DATED 1750
Details
A MATCHED PAIR OF DUTCH TABLE GLOBES
BY GER AND LEON VALCK, AMSTERDAM, THE CELESTIAL GLOBE DATED 1750
One terrestrial, the other celestial, each supported on a later ebonized and oak stand with four turned tapered legs with ring turnings and turned shaped toes, and joined by circular dish-turned stretcher, each globe labeled in Latin GER ET LEON VALCK, the celestial globe dated 1750, the horizon rings and stands of a later date, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label
9 in. (23 cm.) diameter
BY GER AND LEON VALCK, AMSTERDAM, THE CELESTIAL GLOBE DATED 1750
One terrestrial, the other celestial, each supported on a later ebonized and oak stand with four turned tapered legs with ring turnings and turned shaped toes, and joined by circular dish-turned stretcher, each globe labeled in Latin GER ET LEON VALCK, the celestial globe dated 1750, the horizon rings and stands of a later date, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label
9 in. (23 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 26 January 1991, lot 4.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
Sale room notice
Please note the horizon rings and stands are of a later date, as stated in the condition report.
Brought to you by
Elizabeth Seigel
Vice President, Specialist, Head of Private and Iconic Collections