BY WILLIAM BARDIN

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY CELESTIAL AND TERRESTRIAL GLOBES
By William Bardin
Each on a turned baluster stand with conforming stretcher, on square tapering feet, one inscribed 'The CELESTIAL GLOBE / Accompanying the GEOGRAPHICAL MAGAZINE / Published as the Act directs by Harrison & C° N° 18, Paternoster Row, Apr 1 1785 made by W. BARDIN Fleet Street, LONDON', both frames inscribed in pencil to the underside, '16 1 62 and 'MH' and one with canvas label with 'HAR DIS 17' the Terristrial globe inscribed indistinctly... 'made by W. BAR.. Fleet Street, LONDON' and with partially repainted surface
13½ in. (34 cm.) high; 11½ in. (29 cm.) diam. (2)

Lot Essay

William Bardin first started globe publishing in the 1780s and 1790s, publishing a number of globes with Gabriel Wright (1740-83), mostly 9 to 12 inch diameters. Wright had previously worked for Benjamin Martin and Son, and began collaborating with Bardin around 1780. After Wright's death, William's son Thomas came into the business. Several globes were made by the Bardins for Harrison and Co.

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