Name: Auction: PAIR OF CARY'S 12 INCH TERRESTRIAL AND CELESTIAL FLOOR GLOBES ON STANDS DATED 1816 AND 1844
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
Price: 5000 GBP
Availability: InStock

Day One | Wed 12th Nov at 10am | Lots 1 to 338

Day Two | Thurs 13th Nov at 10am | Lots 339 to 600

We are pleased to present the November 2025 edition of Five Centuries, held at our historic saleroom in Edinburgh and online.Spanning the decorative arts from the 16th to the 20th century, this carefully curated sale offers a rich and varied selection of traditional British and European furniture, paintings, clocks, ceramics, sculpture and works of art.&nbsp;This edition features property from notable private collections, including Property of a Knightsbridge Residence; Select Pieces Previously at Kinross House; Property of a Belgravia Residence; Property from Westness House, Orkney; Property from the Ursula &amp; Gordon Bowyer Collection; a collection of paintings by Austrian artists; and a collection of early bronzes from The Bernard Kelly Collection.Buyer's Guide:

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each with twelve gores, meridian rings, and brass horizon rings, the celestial globe's cartouche inscribed 'CARY'S NEW CELESTIAL GLOBE, ON WHICH are correctly laid down upwards of 3500 Stars Selected from the most accurate observations and calculated for the Year 1800. With the extent of each Constellation precisely defined by MR. GILPIN of the ROYAL SOCIETY. Made & Sold by J&W Cary, Strand, London, Jan.1 1816'; the terrestrial globe's cartouche inscribed ‘CARY’S NEW TERRESTRIAL GLOBE DELINEATED From the best Authorities extant Exhibiting the late Discoveries towards the NORTH POLE, and every improvement in Geography to the present Time. LONDON Made & Sold by G.& J. Cary 86 St. James's Street Jan.4 1844'; on turned mahogany stands with umbrella tripod bases (2)

PAIR OF CARY'S 12 INCH TERRESTRIAL AND CELESTIAL FLOOR GLOBES ON STANDS

DATED 1816 AND 1844

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