A PAIR OF REGENCY MAHOGANY LIBRARY GLOBES

THE STANDS POSSIBLY BY GILLOWS AND CIRCA 1810, THE GLOBES SIGNED C. SMITH & SON AND UPDATED IN THE MID-19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF REGENCY MAHOGANY LIBRARY GLOBES
The stands possibly by Gillows and circa 1810, the globes signed C. Smith & Son and updated in the mid-19th century
Comprising a celestial and terrestrial globe, the celestial globe signed SMITH'S/CELESTIAL GLOBE CONTAINING ALL THE PRINCIPAL STARS/COMPILED FROM THE WORKS OF/WOLLASTON, FLAMSTED, DELACALLE/BRADLEY, HERSCHEL, MASKELYNE,/THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE/ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON/&C/LONDON, C. SMITH&SON,172,STRAND, THE TERRESTRIAL GLOBE SIGNED SMITH'S TERRESTRIAL GLOBE/CONTAINING THE WHOLE OF/THE LATEST DISCOVERIES/AND/GEOGRAPHICAL IMPROVEMENTS/ALSO THE TRACKS OF/THE MOST CELEBRATED CIRCUMNAVIGATORS/LONDON/C. SMITH & SON,172,STRAND , each stand with zodiac calendar ring on ring-turned and lotus-carved baluster support and downcurved legs with brass caps and casters joined by stretchers centered by a glazed compass
43in. (110cm.) high, 24in. (61cm.) diameter (2)

拍品專文

A pair of globes of this precise model was almost certainly supplied to Thomas Langford-Brooke (d.1815) for Mere Hall, Cheshire and was sold by Christie's London, 23 May 1994, lot 195 (26,450). The stands may have been part of the extensive furnishings supplied by the firm of Gillow. Interestingly, the maps on the Mere Hall globes bear the exact same inscription as on these globes and are dated 1858. These maps would have been ordered to update the original Regency globes which appear in an 1840 inventory.

Charles Smith & Son, 'Publisher, Map and Glober Seller, Engraver and Map Seller extraordinary to His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales', flourished from 1845-1864 at 172 The Strand.