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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY OF TITLE
A PAIR OF BRASS, EBONISED AND CAST-IRON MINIATURE TABLE GLOBES by Kirkwood's, the celestial globe inscribed KIRKWOOD'S NEW CELESTIAL GLOBE; the terrestrial globe inscribed KIRKWOOD'S NEW TERRESTRIAL GLOBE WITH THE VERY LATEST DISCOVERIES PUBLISHED BY KIRKWOOD AND SON II. SO. ST. ANDREW ST. EDN.E, upon brass supports and a ring-turned baluster shaft with stiff leaf-cast tripod base and claw feet, one stand distressed

细节
A PAIR OF BRASS, EBONISED AND CAST-IRON MINIATURE TABLE GLOBES by Kirkwood's, the celestial globe inscribed KIRKWOOD'S NEW CELESTIAL GLOBE; the terrestrial globe inscribed KIRKWOOD'S NEW TERRESTRIAL GLOBE WITH THE VERY LATEST DISCOVERIES PUBLISHED BY KIRKWOOD AND SON II. SO. ST. ANDREW ST. EDN.E, upon brass supports and a ring-turned baluster shaft with stiff leaf-cast tripod base and claw feet, one stand distressed
14in. (36cm.) high; 8½in. (1.5cm.) wide (2)

拍品专文

James Kirkwood and Sons flourished 1800-29 (see below???!!!)

The globe-publishing business founded by James Kirkwood (fl. 1774-1824) was not quite the first Scottish attempt to compete with the English trade, but it was the earliest to survive and flourish (see; E. Dekker and P. van de Krogt, Globes from the Western World, London, 1993, p. 118)