259. A RARE DIDACTIC ARMILLARY SPHERE BY ERNST SCHOTTE & CO., CIRCA 1870 constructed in steel with 15in. polychrome compass rose with maker’s cartouches inscribed Verlag von Ernst Schotte & Co. Berlin W, quadrant adjustment behind, mounted on iron base with threaded nut securing — 22in. (56cm.) high £2500-3500
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260 (part) 260. A 12IN. CELESTIAL GLOBE PUBLISHED BY G.F. CRUTCHLEY, LONDON, CIRCA 1850 hand-painted gores signed as per title and inscribed Crutchley’s Late Cary’s New Celestial Globe ..., mounted through the Colurus Aequinoctium line with calibrated brass meridian on turned wood stand with tripod foot — 18in. (45.5cm.) high; together with a late 19th-century 12in. terrestrial globe by John Haywood, Manchester, London, mounted on turned stand with inset compass to base (2) £250-400 additional images online at www.charlesmillerltd.com
261 261. A SUNSHINE RECORDER BY C. DALES & SONS, BOURNEMOUTH, CIRCA 1920 the thick slate base set with brass fittings comprising a calibrated adjustable graph paper holder and 4in. glass sphere loosely mounted on adjustable rest, maker’s/retailer’s plate to front and inscribed as per title — 9in. (23cm.) sq. £200-300
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