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Auction archive: Lot number 10

AN EARLY DUTCH POCKET GLOBE

Estimate
£70,000 - £100,000
ca. US$92,006 - US$131,438
Price realised:
£287,250
ca. US$377,555
Auction archive: Lot number 10

AN EARLY DUTCH POCKET GLOBE

Estimate
£70,000 - £100,000
ca. US$92,006 - US$131,438
Price realised:
£287,250
ca. US$377,555
Beschreibung:

AN EARLY DUTCH POCKET GLOBE ATTRIBUTED TO WILLEM BLAEU, AFTER CIRCA 1618 Twelve hand-coloured engraved gores applied to the 2-inch sphere, the tropics and polar circles highlighted in gilt, the equator graduated and alternately colured with red and gilt paint, names and coastlines of the continents and oceans likewise highlighted with gilt, some countries and rivers given, the oceans stippled throughout but absent to the supposed (unmarked) southern continent. Contained in contemporary leather pocket case with silver hinge and studs. Van der Krogt BLA VI. 2 ¼in. (5.5cm.) diameter in case

Auction archive: Lot number 10
Beschreibung:

AN EARLY DUTCH POCKET GLOBE ATTRIBUTED TO WILLEM BLAEU, AFTER CIRCA 1618 Twelve hand-coloured engraved gores applied to the 2-inch sphere, the tropics and polar circles highlighted in gilt, the equator graduated and alternately colured with red and gilt paint, names and coastlines of the continents and oceans likewise highlighted with gilt, some countries and rivers given, the oceans stippled throughout but absent to the supposed (unmarked) southern continent. Contained in contemporary leather pocket case with silver hinge and studs. Van der Krogt BLA VI. 2 ¼in. (5.5cm.) diameter in case

Auction archive: Lot number 10
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