Details
The globe suspended on a meridian ring within a decoupage-decorated box with a roundel depicting a seaman looking at a map, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label

312 in. (9 cm.) high, 412 in. (11.5 cm.) square, the box
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 20 May 1992, lot 339.
‌Acquired from the above by Ann and Gordon Getty.
Brought to you by
Allison CoxHead of Sale, Associate Specialist
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Lot Essay

Although unsigned, a globe with the same title, diameter 10cm, was published by Peter Bauer in Nuremberg in 1825 cf Schimdt Budapest Exhibition 1989 no. 47.

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