ANONYMOUS], early 19th-Century An unusual 1¼-inch (3.1cm.) diameter miniature terrestrial globe, possibly originally from an orrery, unsigned , made up of twelve hand-coloured engraved gores with text in English, the equatorial and ecliptic graduated but unnumbered, the Meridian of Greenwich ungraduated, the continents delicately hand-outlined in green, red, orange and yellow and showing some rivers and country names, Australia labelled as such, Tasmania labelled Van Diemens L. , Antarctica with no coastline, the South Shetlands shown ( crazing to original varnish ), with steel axis pins in a turned fruitwood case with domed lid -- 2in. (5.1cm.) high See Colour Illustration
ANONYMOUS], early 19th-Century An unusual 1¼-inch (3.1cm.) diameter miniature terrestrial globe, possibly originally from an orrery, unsigned , made up of twelve hand-coloured engraved gores with text in English, the equatorial and ecliptic graduated but unnumbered, the Meridian of Greenwich ungraduated, the continents delicately hand-outlined in green, red, orange and yellow and showing some rivers and country names, Australia labelled as such, Tasmania labelled Van Diemens L. , Antarctica with no coastline, the South Shetlands shown ( crazing to original varnish ), with steel axis pins in a turned fruitwood case with domed lid -- 2in. (5.1cm.) high See Colour Illustration
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