Period: XVIII century.

Provenance: Germany

Dimensions:8.5 cm

A terrestrial globe made up of twelve hand-coloured engraved gores, the equatorial graduated in degrees, the ecliptic graduated in days of the houses of the Zodiac, the continents delicately shaded and strongly outlined in green, showing nation states in dotted outline, rivers, mountains, deserts and some cities, with two iron axis pins, contained in a circular card box.
(8.5cm.) diameter of box.

Pocket globes became fashionable from the 18th century onwards, particularly in England. Charles Price and Nathaniel Hill were among the most important manufacturers of these miniatures.