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1838
GUSN-2707
Terrestrial globe ona mahogany tripod stand. The spinning globe has a green cast on the frame with astrological signs. It rests in a carved/turned mahogany pedestal with three scrolled and splayed feet, on casters.
terrestrial globes
iron (metal)
mahogany (wood)
paper (fiber product)
printing (process)
varnishing
Mahogany
Unidentified Paper
Iron
Varnished
Transfer Printed
GLOBE
Printed on the globe is: ""Loring's/TERRESTRIAL GLOBE/ containing all/ THE LATEST DISCOVERIES/and/ Geographical Improvements/ also the trades of/the most celebrated circumnavigators/Compiled from Smith's new English Globe, with/ additions and improvements by Annin and Smith/BOSTON/ Josiah Loring. 136 Washington St. 1838.""
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Loring, Josiah (Maker)
36 x 16 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.932
Massachusetts (United States)
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