Lot 153

DUDLEY ADAMS 9 INCH CELESTIAL TABLE GLOBE
DATED 1809





Auction: Day One | Wed 12th Nov at 10am | Lots 1 to 338
Description
with twelve printed paper gores, depicting the constellations with mythical beasts, figures and instruments, the stars given to seven orders of magnitude, the cartouche inscribed ‘AN IMPROVED CELESTIAL GLOBE, BY DUDLEY ADAMS, Globe and Astronomical Instrument Maker to His Majesty AND OPTICIAN TO HRH THE PRINCE of WALES &c &c No. 60 Fleet Street London 1809’, with an engraved brass meridian ring and wood horizon ring, on a turned and ebonised stand
Dimensions
the globe 23cm (9 inch) diameter; 35cm high overall
Provenance
Property of a Knightsbridge residence




