Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2383Location: BoltonDate / Time: October 28, 2007 10:00AM
Description:
Philip's 12-inch Reader's Floor Globe, with cartouche Prepared Specially for the Encyclopedia Britannica Co. Ltd., George Philip & Son Ltd., 32 Fleet St., E.C., made up of twelve colored gores, nomenclature including Persia and the Union of Soviet Republics, the oceans showing shipping routes and nautical miles, calibrated meridian half-circle, and turned oak stand to possibly later barley-twist floor stand, ht. 46 1/2 in.
Estimate $700-900