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GLOBES -- NEWTON'S New & Improved Celestial (&) Terrestial Globe, 66 Chancery Lane. London, 1846. A pair of miniature table globes. Each consisting of 12 hand coloured engr. gores. Brass meridian half-circle (not graduated) and polar calotte, mounted on a turned mahogany stand. Ø 110 mm. Overall height 190 mm. (Surface of both globes rather browned, few small cracks to terrestial globe w. a tiny piece missing).
Charming pair of globes. Terrestial globe: "Newton's New & Improved Terrestial Globe, Containing the Latest Discoveries. 66 Chancery Lane London" (not dated). Celestial globe: "Newton's New & Improved Celestial Globe. 66 Chancery Lane London. 1846." - The Newton family were probably the finest globe makers of early 19th c. England. John Newton (1759-1844) trained with Thomas Bateman before founding the company in 1780. In the Regency period John was joined by his son William Newton (1786-1861) and the firm became J. & W. Newton trading at 97 Chancery Lane. From 1831 to 1841 the Newtons joined in partnership with Miles Berry and traded as Newton, Son and Berry. After 1841 the company was taken over by the eldest grandson William Edward Newton (1818-1879) and traded as Newton and Son from premises at 66 Chancery Lane.€ 1500
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