Pocket celestial globe
Newton [photographer] Fleet Street, London
Category
Globes
Date
1825 - 1850
Materials
Brass, Glue, Paper, Sharkskin, Wood
Measurements
95 mm (Diameter)90 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1338179
Summary
Pocket Celestial Globe. Spherical pasteboard case, hinged and covered with black shagreen. Two hook catches (a further one missing). Containing a celestial globe with brass meridian circle. Globe fixed but rotates within case. Celestial map lining half of interior of case. Showing, among others, planet Berschel (Uranus) with six satellites. Compass scale around inner rim of lid. Labelled 'Newton's Improved Pocket Celestial Globe' English, second quarter of the 19th century. In notebook no.2, page 7 (1340945.2) Charles Wade refers to: 'Admiral 120 (iv). NEWTON’S Improved pocket Celestial globe with Brass Meridian circle & dial. Shagreen case. 3¾” dia.'
Provenance
CPW item 120 (iv) Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Marks and inscriptions
Newton's Improved Celestial Globe
Makers and roles
Newton [photographer] Fleet Street, London
References
Wade, 1944: Charles Paget Wade, Contents of Snowshill Manor. Volume 2 The Admiral’s Room, 1944, page 31