BY CARY

細節

A PAIR OF GEORGE IV MAHOGANY LIBRARY GLOBES
By Cary
Of typical form, with brass chapter-ring and tapered dial, the celestial globe signed 'CARY'S New Celestial Globe, on which are carefully laid down the STARS AND NEBULAE Catalogues of Wollaston, Herschel, Bode, Piazzi, Zach calculated to the Year 1820, Made and Sold by J. & W. Cary', the terrestrial globe signed 'CARY'S NEW TERRESTRIAL GLOBE DRAWN FROM THE MOST RECENT GEOGRAPHICAL WORKS, SHOWING THE WHOLE OF THE NEW DISCOVERIES WITH THE TRACKS of the PRINCIPLE NAVIGATORS and every improvement in Geography to the present Time, LONDON London Published by G & J. Cary St James's Street, May 1 1824', above a ring-turned urn stem and on downswept tripod base with spade feet, brass caps and castors, lacking compass stretchers, one leg with repair, with Norman Adams label
The globes 16 in. (40.5 cm.) diameter; 38½ in. (98 cm.) high, overall; 20½ in. (52 cm.) diameter, overall (2)

來源

Bought from Norman Adams, October 1963.

注意事項

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

拍品專文

This pair of globes were produced at the moment in the early 1820s when the first generation of the family, who had started the business in 1791, were handing over to their successors. John Cary (1754-1825) and William Cary (1759-1825) have signed the Celestial globe in this pair, whereas by 1824, the date of the printing of the Terrestrial globe, the firm was run by George and John Cary, sons of John Cary Senior. Together with the firms of Newton and Bardin, globes made by the Carys accounted for the majority of globes produced in England during the early 19th Century (see 'The World in Your Hands', Exhibition Catalogue, London, Christie's, 1994, pp. 64-5).