Globe, English, Newton, Terrestrial Celestial Pair, 4-Inch Table Globe, Pedestal Stand, Antique, London, 1840s (Sold)

Newton & Son
Pair of 4.5-Inch Terrestrial and Celestial Globes
London: 1840 (celestial), 1843 (terrestrial)
Mahogany turned stands
8 inches high, 4.5 inch diameter base

Pair of small table globes, one terrestrial and one celestial, each in an uncalibrated brass half-meridian and raised on a turned mahogany stand with central standard and dish base. On the terrestrial globe, the continents are highlighted in thick, boldly colored outlines of red, green, and tan. Oceans are colored tan. California is shown as a peninsula. An “Improved Analemma” shaped like a figure eight is in the Pacific Ocean. On the celestial globe, the constellations are named and drawn as mythological figures and illustrations of scientific instruments, lightly shaded in tan, brown and green. The stars are represented by different symbols according to five orders of magnitude, corresponding to a key above the cartouche. A number of astronomical coordinates are labeled, including the ecliptic, north and south declinations, the “Circle of Perpetual Apparition at London” at N 38° and the “Circle of Perpetual Occultation” at London at S 38°.

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