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J. & P. COATS 150 YDS 50 6 CORD J P C
A 3-inch (7.6cm) diameter terrestrial thread case globe, made up of two sets of twelve colour printed gores pasted over a hollow turned wooden sphere, the prime meridian running through London, ungraduated, the equatorial graduated in degrees, the ecliptic graduated in days, and showing the zodiac symbols, the countries coloured and outlined, the Antarctic showing a partial coastline including Victoria Land, Alaska marked ALASKA to U. States, the globe with opening along the equatorial and grommet at the North pole for the thread to pass through (upper hemisphere cracked, light chipping of gore edges at the equatorial), mounted on an ebonised, turned wooden plinth -- 4in. (10.2cm.) high overall

See Colour Illustration and Detail (trade label)

Literature

LAMB, Tom and Jeremy P. COLLINS (ed.) The World In Your Hands (London, 1994)

Lot Essay

Lamb and Collins illustrate and describe a similar piece by Clarke & Co. as item 8.12 ("England: circa 1890"), which is the same diameter (7.6cm.), and seems to be similar in typography and manufacture, but has no plinth (p. 105). The "Coats" label on the present example has been pasted on, and there is a (?) maker's device printed on the gores: "11 22 21 Rd. E 3". However, as these items seemed to be produced for retail by thread making companies, it is difficult to attribute a manufacturer.

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