Lot Essay
For a similar globe clock by the same makers, see Distin and Bishop, The American Clock, (New York, 1976), p. 183, fig. 421.
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A MAHOGANY GLOBE CLOCK
MOVEMENT BY THEODORE R. TIMBY, BALDWINSVILLE, NEW YORK; GLOBE BY GILMAN JOSLIN, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 1860
The molded broken scroll pediment centering a disk and acorn finial and drop above an Arabic chapter ring and terrestrial globe inscribed, "Jostin's Six-Inch Terrestrial Globe Containing the latest discoveries, Boston Gilman-Joslin 1860" and secured with an iron brace, above a mid-molding over a hinged door with arched window revealing a paper dial with Arabic chapter ring on a molded base--27in. high, 14in. wide, 5 3/8in. deep ÿ
MOVEMENT BY THEODORE R. TIMBY, BALDWINSVILLE, NEW YORK; GLOBE BY GILMAN JOSLIN, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 1860
The molded broken scroll pediment centering a disk and acorn finial and drop above an Arabic chapter ring and terrestrial globe inscribed, "Jostin's Six-Inch Terrestrial Globe Containing the latest discoveries, Boston Gilman-Joslin 1860" and secured with an iron brace, above a mid-molding over a hinged door with arched window revealing a paper dial with Arabic chapter ring on a molded base--27in. high, 14in. wide, 5 3/8in. deep ÿ