Thomas MALBY and Son. A Terrestrial Glob; A Celestial Globe (1860)…London 1860's

Thomas MALBY and Son – James Wyld the younger (1812 – 1887) A Terrestrial Globe; A Celestial Globe… manufactured and published under the superintendence of SDUK Each globe made up of a set of twelve lithographic globe gores, hand-colored in outline, polar calottes, some light rubbing of the surface, later varnish. Brass hour circles. Brass meridian circles, each with a graduated engraved face. The globes mounted on their original elegant English Georgian style mahogany tripod stands, original compasses with pointers, papered horizon bars supported by four quadrants, with central turned wooden pillar and cabriole legs. Cross-stretchers supporting original compasses, lacking pointers. London, 37 Parker St., Celestial dated 1860; Terrestrial dated Jany 1st 1869. Both likely sold by James Wyld the younger from the Malby and Son stock. Diameter: 15 in.; Height 44 in.A fine pair of attractive traditional library globes on distinctive English-style “Georgian” mahogany stands made by Malby and