{"id":29805,"date":"2021-01-25T17:04:02","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T22:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/?post_type=product&#038;p=29805"},"modified":"2025-03-10T15:34:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T19:34:34","slug":"globe-pocket-3-inch-celestial-miniature-mahogany-stand-british-newton-london-2nd-quarter-19th-c-sold","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/product\/globe-pocket-3-inch-celestial-miniature-mahogany-stand-british-newton-london-2nd-quarter-19th-c-sold\/","title":{"rendered":"Globe, Pocket, 3-Inch Celestial, Miniature Mahogany Stand, British, Newton, London: 2nd Quarter 19th C. (Sold)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A charming miniature floor globe.\u00a0\u00a0 The stand appears to be one of a number made in the late 19th century by an unknown craftsman who custom made fancy decorative stands for small English globes, 3 to 6 inches in diameter.\u00a0 We have seen several of these globes and they all bear the same characteristic manuscript horizon band and calibrated meridians.\u00a0 The stands are of high quality, hand made and highly decorative in traditional English design.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, see our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/guide-to-globe-makers#newton\">Guide to Globe Makers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rectangular cartouche with inset edges:\u00a0 NEWTON&#8217;s\/ Improved Pocket\/ Celestial GLOBE<\/p>\n<p>References:<\/p>\n<p>Dekker, Elly, et al. <em>Globes at Greenwich: A Catalogue of the Globes and Armillary Spheres in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. <\/em>London: Oxford University Press and the National Maritime Museum, 1999. pp. 55, 422-423, 427-428.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newton<br \/>\n<strong>3-Inch Celestial Miniature Globe<\/strong><br \/>\nLondon: 2nd Quarter 19th Century<br \/>\nMahogany stand<br \/>\n7.75 inches high<\/p>\n<p>The celestial pocket globe in full calibrated brass meridian raised on a miniature floor stand, the manuscript horizon band calibrated with months and signs of the zodiac, raised on a tripod mahogany stand with three quadrant supports for the horizon, turned legs united by turned lower stretcher, joined at central turned finial. Constellations named but not drawn as figures, the stars shown to several orders of magnitude but with no key, overall shaded olive green with milky way shown in cream color.<\/p>\n<p>Product description continues below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":29802,"template":"","meta":{"wds_primary_product_brand":0,"wds_primary_product_cat":0,"footnotes":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[7991],"product_tag":[42,124,485,189,171],"class_list":{"0":"post-29805","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-english-european-archive","7":"product_tag-19th-century","8":"product_tag-british","9":"product_tag-globes","10":"product_tag-newton","11":"product_tag-pocket","12":"post","13":"post-with-thumbnail","14":"post-with-thumbnail-large","16":"first","17":"instock","18":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/29805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/29805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42942,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/29805\/revisions\/42942"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=29805"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=29805"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=29805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}