A LATE VICTORIAN TERRESTRIAL GLOBE ON MAHOGANY STAND

BY GEORGE PHILIP & SON, LTD, LONDON, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Details

A LATE VICTORIAN TERRESTRIAL GLOBE ON MAHOGANY STAND
By George Philip & Son, Ltd, London, late 19th/early 20th Century
Of typical form and with maker's label George Philip & Son, Ltd., 32 Fleet Str. E.C. London, on a turned base with zodiac and calendar ring with ring-turned legs joined by a tripartite stretcher, with brass caps and white ceramic casters stamped COPE & COLLINSON/PATENT
49IN. (126CM.) HIGH, 40IN. (101.5CM.) DIAMETER

Provenance

SOLD IN THESE ROOMS, 7 APRIL 1990, LOT 71 ($26,400).

Lot Essay

THE FIRM OF PHILIP AND SON WAS FOUNDED IN 1834, AT WHICH TIME IT WAS PUBLISHING GLOBES FOR MALBY. IT LATER BEGAN TO PRODUCE GLOBES UNDER ITS OWN NAME AND CONTINUES TO BE A MAJOR PUBLISHER OF MAPS AND ATLASES.

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