Lot Essay
Although this globe bears a "Harris" label, it is the Lane globe described and illustrated by van der Krogt as Lae 5 (which shows the prime meridian of Greenwich and "Enderbys Land 1833", and uses the same typography and location for the place names), in a case lined with the gores of the celestial globe Lae 6 (pp. 181-2). The globe is dated by van der Krogt as "later than 1833". Clifton records two instrument makers named Harris working in Cornhill at this time: Clement Harris (fl. 1824-44) a chronometer maker who gave his address as Cornhill between 1825 and 1833, and 76 Cornhill in 1839 (p. 124), and William Harris II (fl. 1818-43) an optician and globe maker who worked from 22 Cornhill between 1831 and 1835 and was "associated with many other [instrument makers], from whom he obtained stock" (p. 126). Both of these are plausible candidates as the retailer of this globe: Clement Harris could have bought in globes to retail to his chronometer buyers, or William Harris II's address could have been misprinted as "77", instead of 22.