Gilman Joslin
16-Inch Terrestrial Rococo Floor Globe
Boston: c. 1880s
Cast iron stand
43 inches high
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Joslin 16-Inch Globe on Rococo Stand
Boston: c. 1880s
Boston: c. 1880s
A terrestrial floor globe by Gilman Joslin, Boston, on rococo cast-iron stand with acanthus decorated central baluster standard, and curved legs ending in foliate capped feet.
Gilman Joslin (1804-c. 1886) was one of America's most prolific globe makers. Read more about him in our Guide to Globe Makers.
Cartouche on Horizon Band: IMPROVED GLOBE, BOSTON./ MANUFACTURED BY GILMAN JOSLIN,/ CORRECTED TO DATE./ Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1852, by Charles Copley in/ the Clerks office, of the District Court, of the Southern District of New York.
Condition: Generally quite good and bright.
References:
Dekker, Elly and van der Krogt, Peter. Globes from the Western World. London: Zwemmer, 1993. pp. 126, 140, 176.
How to Use a Globe, Joslin’s Terrestrial and Celestial Globes/ Joslin’s Hand-book to the Terrestrial and Celestial Globes. Gilman Joslin & Son, Manufacturers and Dealers, 5 Mt. Vernon Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts: [n.d., but c. 1890], pp. 3-4.
Warner, Deborah Jean. “The Geography of Heaven and Earth,” Rittenhouse Journal of the American Scientific Instrument Enterprise, Vol. 2, No. 3. 1987. pp. 100-103.
Yonge, Ena L. A Catalogue of Early Globes, Library Series No. 6. American Geographical Society: 1968. pp. 37-38.