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[ANONYMOUS], 20th-Century
A decorative 13-inch (33cm.) diameter celestial table globe, unsigned, made up of twelve chromolithographed gores and two polar calottes, the equatorial graduated in degrees, hours and minutes, the equinoctial and solstitial colures graduated in degrees, the constellations shown as detailed depictions of mythical beasts, figures and scientific instruments in faint ochre, the stars shown to various orders of magnitude in bright yellow, with stamped brass meridian half-circle, raised on a turned fruitwood column and plinth base -- 22in. (57.2cm.) high
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A decorative 13-inch (33cm.) diameter celestial table globe, unsigned, made up of twelve chromolithographed gores and two polar calottes, the equatorial graduated in degrees, hours and minutes, the equinoctial and solstitial colures graduated in degrees, the constellations shown as detailed depictions of mythical beasts, figures and scientific instruments in faint ochre, the stars shown to various orders of magnitude in bright yellow, with stamped brass meridian half-circle, raised on a turned fruitwood column and plinth base -- 22in. (57.2cm.) high
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