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Celestial Globe, by Cary & Co., London, Late 19th Century

Inventory Number 45341


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.45341

Item type
Object
Makers
Cary & Co
Provenance
Purchased from Dr. Reginald S. Clay with his collection.
Primary inscriptions
Printed on globe "CARY & Co. / Makers to the Admiralty / 7 PALL MALL / LONDON."; on the horizon ring "CARY, LONDON. PATENT No. 21540".
Object type
Celestial globe
Inventory No
45341
Accession Number
1944-1/part

Description

Patent no. 21540. In wooden case with trade label George Lee & Son, Portsmouth