A 19th-Century carved wooden figure of Atlas supporting a celestial globe, unsigned , decorated with ( worn ) gilt paint, the celestial sphere with one hemisphere decorated with various lines, stars, a ladder, scales and Sun and Moon, the Atlas figure wearing a cloth around his waist and with an old hole [?]for mounting to the reverse, standing on a small unmarked sphere and raised on a ( later ) brass wire and stepped ebonised wooden base -- 10in. (25.4cm.) high See Colour Illustration
A 19th-Century carved wooden figure of Atlas supporting a celestial globe, unsigned , decorated with ( worn ) gilt paint, the celestial sphere with one hemisphere decorated with various lines, stars, a ladder, scales and Sun and Moon, the Atlas figure wearing a cloth around his waist and with an old hole [?]for mounting to the reverse, standing on a small unmarked sphere and raised on a ( later ) brass wire and stepped ebonised wooden base -- 10in. (25.4cm.) high See Colour Illustration
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