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Pair of Joslin 6-Inch Globes

Globe, American, Joslin, Pair, Terrestrial World, Celestial, 6-Inch Table Globe, 3-Leg Stand, Antique, Boston, 1840, 1854 (Sold)

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Gilman Joslin
6-Inch Terrestrial & Celestial Table Globe
Boston: 1840 and 1854
10 inches high, 9 inches diameter

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.

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Description

This pair of globes was made by Gilman Joslin, successor to Josiah Loring’s Boston globe making 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.

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.

Additional information

Century

19th Century