Gilman Joslin
6-Inch Terrestrial & Celestial Table Globe
Boston: 1840 and 1854
10 inches high, 9 Inches in Diameter
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Pair of 6-Inch Joslin Table Globes
19th Century
19th Century
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Each globe surmounted by brass hour pointer within a brass meridian, the circular horizon band with engraved paper calendar and zodiac, raised on turned maple stand having three legs joined by a medial stretcher. These two globes may have been issued as a pair, or might have been put together at as a pair at a later date.
This pair of globes was made by Gilman Joslin, successor to Josiah Loring's Boston globemaking business.
Read more about Gilman Joslin in our Guide to Globe Makers.
Cartouche on Terrestrial Globe: JOSLIN'S/ Six Inch/ Terrestrial Globe,/ Containing the latest Discoveries,/ BOSTON/ Gilman Joslin./ 1854/ Drawn and Engraved by W.B. Annin.
Cartouche on Celestial Globe: JOSLIN'S/ Six Inch/ Celestial Globe./ From the best Authorities./ GILMAN JOSLIN./ Boston. 1840.
This pair of globes was made by Gilman Joslin, successor to Josiah Loring's Boston globemaking business.
Read more about Gilman Joslin in our Guide to Globe Makers.
Cartouche on Terrestrial Globe: JOSLIN'S/ Six Inch/ Terrestrial Globe,/ Containing the latest Discoveries,/ BOSTON/ Gilman Joslin./ 1854/ Drawn and Engraved by W.B. Annin.
Cartouche on Celestial Globe: JOSLIN'S/ Six Inch/ Celestial Globe./ From the best Authorities./ GILMAN JOSLIN./ Boston. 1840.