Premium pages left without account:

Auction archive: Lot number 5

A RARE PAIR OF SWEDISH GLOBES

Estimate
£10,000 - £12,000
ca. US$12,671 - US$15,206
Price realised:
£12,500
ca. US$15,839
Auction archive: Lot number 5

A RARE PAIR OF SWEDISH GLOBES

Estimate
£10,000 - £12,000
ca. US$12,671 - US$15,206
Price realised:
£12,500
ca. US$15,839
Beschreibung:

A RARE PAIR OF SWEDISH GLOBES Andreæ Akerman (c.1723-1766) Each 12-inch globe comprised of twelve hand-coloured engraved gores and two polar calottes, each supported in graduated brass meridian rings with hour rings and pointers, sitting in later stands with facsimile horizon rings; the terrestrial applied cartouche ATLANTI Acadmiae Ups Scientiarumq, [...] Dom. CAROLO EHRENPREUS. Hanc GLOBI TERRAUELE [...] A. Akerman Reg. Soc. Lit. et Scient. Sculptores 1759. and the celestial cartouche ATLANTI Acad. Ups. Scientiarumq [...] Dom. C. EHRENPREUS Hunc GLOBUM COELESTEM Ex Flamsteedii Catalogo [...] A. Akerman Reg. Soc. Scient. Sculptore 1759. Each with green cloth dustcovers. Each 18 ½ x 19 x 19in. (47 x 48 x 48cm.)

Auction archive: Lot number 5
Auction:
Datum:
24 May 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
London
Beschreibung:

A RARE PAIR OF SWEDISH GLOBES Andreæ Akerman (c.1723-1766) Each 12-inch globe comprised of twelve hand-coloured engraved gores and two polar calottes, each supported in graduated brass meridian rings with hour rings and pointers, sitting in later stands with facsimile horizon rings; the terrestrial applied cartouche ATLANTI Acadmiae Ups Scientiarumq, [...] Dom. CAROLO EHRENPREUS. Hanc GLOBI TERRAUELE [...] A. Akerman Reg. Soc. Lit. et Scient. Sculptores 1759. and the celestial cartouche ATLANTI Acad. Ups. Scientiarumq [...] Dom. C. EHRENPREUS Hunc GLOBUM COELESTEM Ex Flamsteedii Catalogo [...] A. Akerman Reg. Soc. Scient. Sculptore 1759. Each with green cloth dustcovers. Each 18 ½ x 19 x 19in. (47 x 48 x 48cm.)

Auction archive: Lot number 5
Auction:
Datum:
24 May 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
London
Try LotSearch

Try LotSearch and its premium features for 7 days - without any costs!

  • Search lots and bid
  • Price database and artist analysis
  • Alerts for your searches
Create an alert now!

Be notified automatically about new items in upcoming auctions.

Create an alert