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Lot 8
Three Vintage English Terrestrial Desk Globes on Ebonized Stands
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Circa 1930, the largest a 6 inch Philips' papered globe marked by "George Philip & Son Ltd. 32 Fleet St.," on brass armillary form frame and turned wood base (10 3/4 in.); the second an English Art Deco 4 1/2 inch Reliable Series tin globe on black enamel half meridian stand, marked to neck support (8 in.); the last a miniature tin 1 3/4 in. globe, within an armillary metal frame with orbital crank handle and turned wood stand, unmarked (8 in.)

Private Collection of an Antiquarian, Charlotte, North Carolina

Smaller with minor surface wear to bases, some spotting to metal frames; age toning to globes; base of Philips' globe with small area of wrinkling to paper.