Period: XIX century.

Provenance: England

Dimensions: 8.5 cm

COX's celestial pocket globe made up of twelve gores and laid to the ecliptic poles, the axis through the celestial poles, the equatorial graduated in degrees, hours and minutes, the colures graduated in degrees, the houses of the Zodiac, some named, the constellations depicted by green line boundarie.
Two metal axis pines to poles allow the globe to spin in a card bound case with lid.
8.8 x 8.5 x 8.5cm.


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