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Antique Map of Stavoren by Coronelli, 1706
Antique Map of Stavoren by Coronelli, 1706

Antique Map of Stavoren by Coronelli, 1706

$106Sale Price|20% Off

H 7.09 in W 4.65 in D 0 in

Antique Map of Stavoren by Coronelli, 1706

Located in Langweer, NL

His most well known work is the 2-volume 'Atlante Veneto' but is is equally well known for his very large terrestrial and celestial globes. One, 15 feet in diameter he made for Louis...

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18th Century Antique Celestial Globe

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Paper

KPM Berlin Turquoise "Love Message" Cup & Saucer with Gilt, c. 1860–80
KPM Berlin Turquoise "Love Message" Cup & Saucer with Gilt, c. 1860–80

KPM Berlin Turquoise "Love Message" Cup & Saucer with Gilt, c. 1860–80

By Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur (KPM)

Located in Atlanta, GA

To the front, an oval reserve within a finely tooled gilt frame depicts a winged putto striding with a scythe above a celestial globe bound by a zodiac band, a mid-century KPM neocla...

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Mid-19th Century German Neoclassical Antique Celestial Globe

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Enamel, Gold Leaf

Decorative Antique Celestial Map – Zodiac, Stars & Hemel Globe, 1720
Decorative Antique Celestial Map – Zodiac, Stars & Hemel Globe, 1720

Decorative Antique Celestial Map – Zodiac, Stars & Hemel Globe, 1720

Located in Langweer, NL

Antique Celestial Map – Hemel Globe, Zodiac & Constellations by Halma, 1720 This striking double-hemisphere celestial chart, titled Hemel Globe.

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Early 18th Century Dutch Antique Celestial Globe

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Paper

Celestial Table Globe, Charles-François Delamarche, Paris, 1791
Celestial Table Globe, Charles-François Delamarche, Paris, 1791

Celestial Table Globe, Charles-François Delamarche, Paris, 1791

By Charles Francois Delamarche

Located in Milano, IT

Celestial table globe Charles-François Delamarche Paris, 1791 It measures: 17.13 in in height, Ø max 27.7 in; the sphere Ø 7.09 in (h 43.5 cm x Ø max 27.7 cm; the sphere Ø 18 cm).

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1790s French Other Antique Celestial Globe

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Metal

Rare George III Celestial Pocket Globe by Cary, London
Rare George III Celestial Pocket Globe by Cary, London

Rare George III Celestial Pocket Globe by Cary, London

By Cary

Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

A fine and rare 3" celestial pocket globe by G & W Cary, Strand, London circa 1791, housed in its original sharkskin case.

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Late 18th Century English George III Antique Celestial Globe

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Plaster

French Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Marquetry Table, Beurdeley Attributed
French Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Marquetry Table, Beurdeley Attributed

French Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Marquetry Table, Beurdeley Attributed

$62,950Sale Price|33% Off

H 30 in W 42.75 in D 24 in

French Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Marquetry Table, Beurdeley Attributed

By Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdeley

Located in Los Angeles, CA

The rounded rectangular top inlaid with draped female figures emblematic of astronomy centered by a celestial globe, the angles with flower-heads flanked by scrolling foliage, the br...

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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Celestial Globe

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Bronze, Ormolu

Masonic Engraved Punch Bowl 19th Century
Masonic Engraved Punch Bowl 19th Century

Masonic Engraved Punch Bowl 19th Century

Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB

Plumb Line – Working tool of a past master Trowel – Working tool of Master mason Three Steps – Emblematical of three stages of life. youth. manhood. old age Jacobs Ladder – Depends u...

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1850s British Victorian Antique Celestial Globe

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Blown Glass

Masonic Engraved Punch Bowl 19th Century
Masonic Engraved Punch Bowl 19th Century

Masonic Engraved Punch Bowl 19th Century

Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB

Plumb Line – Working tool of a past master Trowel – Working tool of Master mason Three Steps – Emblematical of three stages of life. youth. manhood. old age Jacobs Ladder – Depends u...

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1850s British Victorian Antique Celestial Globe

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Blown Glass

Theories of Planetary Motion: An 18th C. Framed Celestial Map by Doppelmayr
Theories of Planetary Motion: An 18th C. Framed Celestial Map by Doppelmayr

Theories of Planetary Motion: An 18th C. Framed Celestial Map by Doppelmayr

By Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr 1

Located in Alamo, CA

He wrote extensively on astronomy, geography, cartography, spherical trigonometry, sundials and mathematical and other scientific instruments and was involved in the production of te...

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Early 18th Century Antique Celestial Globe

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Engraving

Theories of Planetary Orbits: A Framed 18th C. Celestial Map by Doppelmayr
Theories of Planetary Orbits: A Framed 18th C. Celestial Map by Doppelmayr

Theories of Planetary Orbits: A Framed 18th C. Celestial Map by Doppelmayr

By Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr 1

Located in Alamo, CA

He wrote extensively on astronomy, geography, cartography, spherical trigonometry, sundials and mathematical and other scientific instruments and was involved in the production of te...

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Early 18th Century Antique Celestial Globe

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Engraving

Map of Scotland - Etching by Johannes Blaeu - 1650s
Map of Scotland - Etching by Johannes Blaeu - 1650s

Johannes BlaeuMap of Scotland - Etching by Johannes Blaeu - 1650s, 1650s

$442Sale Price|20% Off

H 18.51 in W 23.82 in D 0.08 in

Map of Scotland - Etching by Johannes Blaeu - 1650s

Located in Roma, IT

In addition to his work on maps and atlases, Johannes Blaeu was also a skilled globemaker and his globes were much sought after. He produced both terrestrial and celestial globes and...

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1650s Modern Antique Celestial Globe

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Etching

Jale with the Sisera's Head - Original Etching by M. Greuter
Jale with the Sisera's Head - Original Etching by M. Greuter

Jale with the Sisera's Head - Original Etching by M. Greuter

By Matthaeus Greuter

Located in Roma, IT

It was based on an earlier globe by Willem Blaeu. He made a "celestial globe" depicting the constellations in 1635, also based on Blaeu, who had used the data of Tycho Brahe.

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16th Century Northern Renaissance Antique Celestial Globe

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Etching

The Orbits of Venus and Mercury: An 18th C. Framed Celestial Map by Doppelmayr
The Orbits of Venus and Mercury: An 18th C. Framed Celestial Map by Doppelmayr

The Orbits of Venus and Mercury: An 18th C. Framed Celestial Map by Doppelmayr

By Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr 1

Located in Alamo, CA

He wrote extensively on astronomy, geography, cartography, spherical trigonometry, sundials and mathematical and other scientific instruments and was involved in the production of te...

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Early 18th Century Antique Celestial Globe

Materials

Engraving

19th Century Ormolu Pendule - Astronomy, France, circa 1825
19th Century Ormolu Pendule - Astronomy, France, circa 1825

19th Century Ormolu Pendule - Astronomy, France, circa 1825

Located in Greven, DE

She is studying the celestial globe set up in front of her. Behind her, half-rolled up, is the star chart.

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1820s French Empire Antique Celestial Globe

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Enamel, Ormolu

Fine 19th century French ormolu mantel clock (pendule) by Leroy a Paris, c. 1825
Fine 19th century French ormolu mantel clock (pendule) by Leroy a Paris, c. 1825

Fine 19th century French ormolu mantel clock (pendule) by Leroy a Paris, c. 1825

By LeRoy

Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

It is dominated by a rectangular superstructure containing the movement, flanked by an engine-turned column with a celestial globe on top on the left and an elegant lady reading a bo...

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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Celestial Globe

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Brass, Ormolu

French Empire Mantel Clock by Robin à Paris, Ormolu, c. 1805-1815
French Empire Mantel Clock by Robin à Paris, Ormolu, c. 1805-1815

French Empire Mantel Clock by Robin à Paris, Ormolu, c. 1805-1815

Located in MADRID, ES

The upper section is crowned by a celestial globe decorated with stars, symbolising the cosmos and further emphasising the astronomical character of the composition.

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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Celestial Globe

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Ormolu, Bronze

Antique Mantel Clock in Gilded Bronze, Empire Restoration Style, 1800s
Antique Mantel Clock in Gilded Bronze, Empire Restoration Style, 1800s

Antique Mantel Clock in Gilded Bronze, Empire Restoration Style, 1800s

Located in MADRID, ES

URANIA: “The Heavenly One,” Muse of astronomy, didactic poetry, and the exact sciences, portrayed holding a celestial globe in her left hand and a sheaf of wheat in her right, dresse...

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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Celestial Globe

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Bronze, Ormolu

Simon Thomassin French Print " La Gloire De La France" Etched with Wooden Frame
Simon Thomassin French Print " La Gloire De La France" Etched with Wooden Frame

Simon Thomassin French Print " La Gloire De La France" Etched with Wooden Frame

By Simon Thomassin

Located in Prato, Tuscany

Beautiful and meticulously detailed etching with sober wooden frame; the paper work, "La Gloire de la France", was made by the famous French engraver Simon Thomassin (Troyes 1665-Par...

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1720s French Neoclassical Antique Celestial Globe

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Wood, Paper

Large Meissen Genre Figurine, Louise Asleep, by M.V. Acier, Germany, Circa 1850
Large Meissen Genre Figurine, Louise Asleep, by M.V. Acier, Germany, Circa 1850

Large Meissen Genre Figurine, Louise Asleep, by M.V. Acier, Germany, Circa 1850

By Meissen Porcelain, Michel Victor Acier 1

Located in Vienna, AT

This depicts a slumbering woman, represented as an allegorical figure of philosophy, amidst the traditional attributes of a scholar’s study: a desk with a quill pen, a pile of books ...

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Mid-19th Century German Rococo Antique Celestial Globe

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Porcelain

19th Century French Louis XVI Style "Astronomy" Mantel Clock, circa 1845
19th Century French Louis XVI Style "Astronomy" Mantel Clock, circa 1845

19th Century French Louis XVI Style "Astronomy" Mantel Clock, circa 1845

By Perrelet

Located in Greven, DE

The globe is mounted in a celestial meridian, on the holder we see the twelve signs of the zodiac.

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1840s French Louis XVI Antique Celestial Globe

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Marble, Bronze

Artist's Studio Thomas Paint 17/18th Century Oil on canvas Old master Flemisch
Artist's Studio Thomas Paint 17/18th Century Oil on canvas Old master Flemisch

Artist's Studio Thomas Paint 17/18th Century Oil on canvas Old master Flemisch

Located in Riva del Garda, IT

The setting is a capriccio of objects related to the art and culture of the time, skilfully displayed, including a Persian carpet on the desk, a beautiful celestial globe on a pedest...

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18th Century Old Masters Antique Celestial Globe

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Oil

French Antique Mantel Clock, Mercury-Gilded Bronze, 1815-1830
French Antique Mantel Clock, Mercury-Gilded Bronze, 1815-1830

French Antique Mantel Clock, Mercury-Gilded Bronze, 1815-1830

Located in MADRID, ES

Thalia is the muse of comedy and pastoral poetry, depicted with a comic mask and a shepherd’s staff. Urania, the celestial muse, presides over astronomy and the exact sciences, often...

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Early 19th Century French Restauration Antique Celestial Globe

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Bronze, Ormolu

Large terrestrial globe by Joseph Forest, Paris, France, circa 1890
Large terrestrial globe by Joseph Forest, Paris, France, circa 1890

Large terrestrial globe by Joseph Forest, Paris, France, circa 1890

Located in Paris, FR

In 1886, at 17-19 rue de Buci, he founded his own publishing house for maps and plans, world maps, globes, terrestrial and celestial spheres, charts and wall maps for educational use.

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1890s French Antique Celestial Globe

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Brass

Small terrestrial globe by Joseph Forest, Paris, France, circa 1890 / 1900
Small terrestrial globe by Joseph Forest, Paris, France, circa 1890 / 1900

Small terrestrial globe by Joseph Forest, Paris, France, circa 1890 / 1900

Located in Paris, FR

In 1886, at 17-19 rue de Buci, he founded his own publishing house for maps and plans, world maps, globes, terrestrial and celestial spheres, charts and wall maps for educational use.

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1890s French Antique Celestial Globe

Materials

Wood, Paper

18th Century Dutch Grandfather Clock, Calendar and Moonphases, Amsterdam 1760-70
18th Century Dutch Grandfather Clock, Calendar and Moonphases, Amsterdam 1760-70

18th Century Dutch Grandfather Clock, Calendar and Moonphases, Amsterdam 1760-70

Located in Greven, DE

And enthroned above all this is Atlas, the Titan, holding the celestial globe. A very similar case, with a clockwork by Otto van Meurs, is described in Jan Zeeman - De Nederlandse S...

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1760s Dutch Louis XV Antique Celestial Globe

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Walnut

Rugen Island, Germany: An Early 17th Century Map by Mercator and Hondius
Rugen Island, Germany: An Early 17th Century Map by Mercator and Hondius

Rugen Island, Germany: An Early 17th Century Map by Mercator and Hondius

By Gerard Mercator

Located in Alamo, CA

King Atlas was a mythical ruler of Mauritania, a mathematician and philosopher who supposedly made the first celestial globe. The term atlas has become the standard not only for a co...

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Early 17th Century Old Masters Antique Celestial Globe

Materials

Engraving

Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mantel Clock by Henri Picard & Fedinand Barbedienne
Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mantel Clock by Henri Picard & Fedinand Barbedienne

Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mantel Clock by Henri Picard & Fedinand Barbedienne

$46,000Sale Price|20% Off

H 27.25 in W 22.5 in D 27.25 in

Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mantel Clock by Henri Picard & Fedinand Barbedienne

By F. Barbedienne Foundry

Located in Los Angeles, CA

The impressive finely chased mercury gilt ormolu body surmounted with two muses, a female figure representing Astronomy sits with a celestial globe, while on the right, Geography hol...

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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Celestial Globe

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Bronze, Ormolu

Portrait of Lieutenant Admiral Michiel Adriaensz. de Ruyter by Ferdinand Bol
Portrait of Lieutenant Admiral Michiel Adriaensz. de Ruyter by Ferdinand Bol

Portrait of Lieutenant Admiral Michiel Adriaensz. de Ruyter by Ferdinand Bol

By Rembrandt van Rijn

Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL

With his right arm, he leans on a celestial globe, which stands on a table covered in a red cloth.

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17th Century Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique Celestial Globe

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Paint

19th Century French Gilt Bronze Garniture Clock Set
19th Century French Gilt Bronze Garniture Clock Set

19th Century French Gilt Bronze Garniture Clock Set

$2,277

H 15.75 in W 6.7 in D 6.7 in

19th Century French Gilt Bronze Garniture Clock Set

Located in Madrid, ES

The clock, crafted from gilt bronze and Carrara white marble, showcases a beautiful representation of cherubs holding the terrestrial globe, symbolizing celestial dominion over the e...

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1880s Antique Celestial Globe

Materials

Bronze

Thomas Messenger and Sons 'Atlas' Sculpture Bronze Lamp Base, England circa 1835
Thomas Messenger and Sons 'Atlas' Sculpture Bronze Lamp Base, England circa 1835

Thomas Messenger and Sons 'Atlas' Sculpture Bronze Lamp Base, England circa 1835

By Thomas Messenger

Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos

Additional search terms: English Regency, Regency, Georgian, George, Neoclassical, Classical, Empire, Federal, Greek, Roman, Greek Revival, Victorian, Grand Tour, country house, eart...

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19th Century English Regency Antique Celestial Globe

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Bronze

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