Globe
G. and J. Cary
Category
Furniture
Date
1828
Materials
Wood, metal and paper
Measurements
460 mm (Height); 450 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
St James's Street
Order this imageCollection
Rufford Old Hall, Lancashire
NT 784039
Summary
Terrestrial globe on turned table-top stand, by Cary’s of London, 1828; horizon band marked with months and signs of zodiac; stand of four turned baluster legs united by four turned stretchers meeting in the middle to support the meridian band from below; printed label reads 'CARY'S NEW TERRESTIAL 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 and sold by G and J Cary, 86 St James's Street, Jany 4 1828'.
Marks and inscriptions
CARY'S NEW TERRESTIAL 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 and sold by G and J Cary, 86 St James's Street, Jany 4 1828
Makers and roles
G. and J. Cary, maker