A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CELESTIAL TABLE GLOBE

BY W.BARDIN, PUBLISHED 1785

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CELESTIAL TABLE GLOBE
By W.Bardin, published 1785
The revolving globe signed within an oval 'THE/CELESTIAL GLOBE,/ Accompanying the/Geographical Magazine./Published as the Act Directs, by Harrison &c/C.No.18 Paternoster Row, Apr.1, 1785./made by W.BARDIN,/Fleet Street,LONDON.', the stand with baluster supports and X-shaped baluster stretcher, on spade feet, one section of the stretcher cracked
13in. (33cm.) diam., overall

Provenance

John Lloyd Wynne (d. 1862) of Coed Coch, Denbighshire.
Thence by descent.

Lot Essay

William Bardin 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. Wright had previously worked for Benjamin Martin and Son, and began collaborating with Bardin around 1780. After Wright's death, William's son Thomas came into the business. Several globes were made by the Bardins for Harrison and Co.

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