A George III twelve inch celestial globe Thomas Bardin for William and Samuel Jones, London, circa 1800 The sphere applied with twelve hand-coloured engraved gores annotated with celestial bodies and figural representations of the constellations, with trade inscription THE NEW TWELVE INCH British Celestial Globe, Containing the exact positions of more than 3800 Fix'd Stars, Nebulae, Planetary Discoveries and Observations, of Dr. Maskelyne, Dr. Herschell, and other eminent Astromoners, And adjusted to the present period... with retailers label SOLD BY W. & S. Jones, Holborn, London beneath, mounted via the poles in a vertical graduated brass ring set into a mahogany pedestal stand with papers annotated for months of the year, signs of the Zodiac and other calibrations to the horizon ring, on three outswept supports with glazed compass mounted between, some damage and losses to lower pole area of globe, 85cm high overall.
A George III twelve inch celestial globe Thomas Bardin for William and Samuel Jones, London, circa 1800 The sphere applied with twelve hand-coloured engraved gores annotated with celestial bodies and figural representations of the constellations, with trade inscription THE NEW TWELVE INCH British Celestial Globe, Containing the exact positions of more than 3800 Fix'd Stars, Nebulae, Planetary Discoveries and Observations, of Dr. Maskelyne, Dr. Herschell, and other eminent Astromoners, And adjusted to the present period... with retailers label SOLD BY W. & S. Jones, Holborn, London beneath, mounted via the poles in a vertical graduated brass ring set into a mahogany pedestal stand with papers annotated for months of the year, signs of the Zodiac and other calibrations to the horizon ring, on three outswept supports with glazed compass mounted between, some damage and losses to lower pole area of globe, 85cm high overall.
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