Sold for:
$2,583
$2,583
Horizontal Mounted Gardner's 4-inch Celestial Globe, c. 1826, twelve hand-colored paper gores with constellation shown within the boundaries shown by green lines, mythical figures not represented, stars shown by magnitude scale, Ecliptic Circle, and cartouche reading Gardner's Four Inch Celestial Globe , metal axis pins at the poles attach the globe to the original black-painted turned uprights and the cross-shaped base, ht. 5 1/2 in. Provenance: Collection of Vera Rubin.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-04-25
