BY CARY'S

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A PAIR OF REGENCY MAHOGANY TERRESTRIAL AND CELESTIAL GLOBES
By Cary's
The Terrestrial Globe inscribed 'CARY'S NEW TERRESTRIAL GLOBE EXHIBITING THE TRACK AND DISCOVERIES MADE BY CAPTAIN COOK; ALSO THOSE OF CAPTAIN VANCOUVER ON THE NORTHWEST COAST OF AMERICA; AND M. DE. LAPEROUSE, ON THE COAST OF TARTARY TOGETHER WITH EVERY OTHER IMPROVEMENT COLLECTED FROM VARIOUS NAVIGATORS TO THE PRESENT TIME. LONDON SOLD BY R. FIDLER. NO. 24 WIGMORE STREET', the Celestial Globe inscribed 'CARY'S NEW AND IMPROVED CELESTIAL GLOBE, ON WHICH IS CAREFULLY LAID DOWN THE WHOLE OF THE STARS AND NEBULAE CONTAINED IN THE ASTRONOMICAL CATALOGUE, OF THE REV'D. MR WOLLASTON, F.R.S. COMPILED FROM THE AUTHORITIES OF FLAMSTEED, DE LA CAHLE, HEVELIUS, MAYER BRADLEY, HERSCHEL, MASKELYNE & C. WITH AN EXTENSIVE NUMBER FROM THE WORKS OF MISS HERSSCHEL THE WHOLE ADAPTED TO THE YEAR 1800, AND THE LIMITS OF EACH CONSTELLATION DETERMIND BY A BOUNDARY LINE LONDON SOLD BY R. FIDLER, NO. 24 WIGMORE STREET', the circular stand with ebonised and boxwood crossbanding, on reeded turned tapering legs joined by a shaped undertier with ring-turned boss and tripartite stretcher with circular compass platform, on turned tapering legs with brass caps and castors, restorations, the stretchers lacking compasses and now with later mahogany tops
The Globes 20in. (51cm.) diam.; 48½in. (123cm.) high (2)

來源

The Shirley family, Ettington House, Warwickshire until sold in the house sale after the Second World War when they were acquired by the present owner's mother, Mrs. Wilfred Hales Pakenham Mahon for Strokestown Park, co. Roscommon, Ireland.
Thence by descent.

出版

M. Bence-Jones, Burkes Guide to Country Houses, Volume I, Ireland, London, 1978, p. 267 (shown in situ in the Library at Strokestown).

拍品專文

John Cary in partnership with his brother William were one of the foremost London map and globe sellers of the late 18th and early 19th Centuries. They built up a thriving and prosperous business, both as instrument makers and map publishers. Their first globes were published in 1791 and they were soon producing globes of four different diameters.
The globes are likely to have been commissioned for Ettington Park, Warwickshire by Evelyn John Shirley (d.1856) in the early 1820s when he was carrying out improvements at the house and consulting both the architect Thomas Rickman (d.1841) and Thomas Evans (d.1874) in 1820. His son Evelyn Philip Shirley (d.1880) helped form a celebrated library at the house.
A very similar pair of globes by John and William Cary and with almost identical stands was sold in The Edward James Collection, West Dean Park, Chichester, West Sussex, Christie's house sale, 2,3 and 6 June 1986, lot 325. A further similar pair of globes was sold anonymously in these Rooms, 7 July 1994, lot 128.