Loring/Joslin Celestial Table Globe
19th Century
19th Century
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Josiah Loring Nine-and-One Half-Inch Celestial Table Globe Boston: c. 1830s to 1860s 15 inches high; 13 inches diameter Sold, please inquire as to the availability of similar items. |
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The terrestrial globe surmounted by an brass hour pointer, the North Polar hour calotte printed with hour ring, and having a calibrated full brass meridian, within a circular horizon band with engraved paper calendar and zodiac, raised on a turned maple stand with four legs joined by a cross stretcher.
Constellations shown by stars and named within light blue line constellation boundaries, but without showing classical figures. Stars shown to the Fifth Magnitude. The globe is undated. Although it bears the name of Loring, the predecessor firm of Gilman Joslin, it was likely reissued by Joslin in the mid 19th century under the Loring name. For more information, see our Guide to Globe Makers. Oval Cartouche: LORING'S/ Nine and half Inch/ CELESTIAL GLOBE/ CONTAINING/ all the Stars to the fifth Magnitude inclusive/ from the Maps of the Stars published by the Society/ for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge/ BOSTON - JOSIAH LORING |