PAIR OF TERRESTRIAL AND CELESTIAL TABLETOP GLOBES BY J. WILSON & SONS.

A splendid rare pair of globes manufactured by J. Wilson & Sons, Albany, NY. Each one of this fine pair of Wilson’s 13-inch terrestrial and celestial globes has a brass meridian, horizon band with engraved paper calendar and zodiac, and is raised on a four-legged stained maple stand with cross stretchers. James Wilson (1763-1855), born in New Hampshire, farmed in Bradford, Vermont and was a blacksmith by trade. He is the father of American globe-making. Wilson was the first American to manufacture globes, having been inspired by European globes he saw at Dartmouth College. A self-taught geographer and engraver, he not only made the globe spheres but designed, engraved and printed the cartographic gores for them. Wilson began his business in Vermont in about 1810 and his sons expanded and moved it to Albany, New York, during the following decades. 1) Terrestrial Cartouche: A NEW AMERICAN THIRTEEN INCH/ TERRESTRIAL GLOBE. Exhibiting with the greatest possible Accuracy,/ THE POSITIONS OF THE PRINCIPAL KNOWN PLACES OF THE EARTH. With the Tracks of various Circumnavigators together with New Discoveries and Political Alterations down to The present PERIOD: 1831 BY J. WILSON & SONS ALBANY ST. N.Y. S. Wood & Sons Agent, N. York. 2) Oval Celestial Cartouche: A NEW AMERICAN/ CELESTIAL GLOBE, containing the positions of nearly 5000 Stars, Clusters, Nebulae & c. Carefully compil’d & laid down from the latest & most approv’d astronomical tables reduced to the present time, BY J. WILSON & SONS,1826, ALBANY. ST. N.Y. SIZE: Each are approximately 18″ h x 18″ in diameter overall, with 13″ diameter globes. CONDITION: The globes are in very good condition, with minor imperfections, losses, and expected wear from age and use. 50898-1 (10,000-15,000) – Lot 2153

Auction: Fine Art, Asian & Antique Auction - August 2016

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	2153	$11,850.00	PAIR OF TERRESTRIAL AND CELESTIAL TABLETOP GLOBES BY J. WILSON & SONS. A splendid rare pair of globes manufactured by J. Wilson & Sons, Albany, NY. Each one of this fine pair of Wilson’s 13-inch terrestrial and celestial globes has a brass meridian, horizon band with engraved paper calendar and zodiac, and is raised on a four-legged stained maple stand with cross stretchers. James Wilson (1763-1855), born in New Hampshire, farmed in Bradford, Vermont and was a blacksmith by trade. He is the father of American globe-making. Wilson was the first American to manufacture globes, having been inspired by European globes he saw at Dartmouth College. A self-taught geographer and engraver, he not only made the globe spheres but designed, engraved and printed the cartographic gores for them. Wilson began his business in Vermont in about 1810 and his sons expanded and moved it to Albany, New York, during the following decades. 1) Terrestrial Cartouche: A NEW AMERICAN THIRTEEN INCH/ TERRESTRIAL GLOBE. Exhibiting with the greatest possible Accuracy,/ THE POSITIONS OF THE PRINCIPAL KNOWN PLACES OF THE EARTH. With the Tracks of various Circumnavigators together with New Discoveries and Political Alterations down to The present PERIOD: 1831 BY J. WILSON & SONS ALBANY ST. N.Y. S. Wood & Sons Agent, N. York. 2) Oval Celestial Cartouche: A NEW AMERICAN/ CELESTIAL GLOBE, containing the positions of nearly 5000 Stars, Clusters, Nebulae & c. Carefully compil’d & laid down from the latest & most approv’d astronomical tables reduced to the present time, BY J. WILSON & SONS,1826, ALBANY. ST. N.Y. SIZE: Each are approximately 18″ h x 18″ in diameter overall, with 13″ diameter globes. CONDITION: The globes are in very good condition, with minor imperfections, losses, and expected wear from age and use. 50898-1 (10,000-15,000) – Lot 2153 Auction: Fine Art, Asian & Antique Auction - August 2016 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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PAIR OF TERRESTRIAL AND CELESTIAL TABLETOP GLOBES BY J. WILSON & SONS.