Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2419Location: BoltonDate / Time: August 23, 2008 10:00AM
Description:
"The Earth and Its Inhabitants" 1 3/4-inch Miniature Globe, possibly by Carl Bauer, Germany, made up of twelve gores on wood sphere, labeled in English, in original case with label on lid and folding engraved panorama of twenty-four hand-colored Nationalities labeled in German, English, and French, wd. 2 1/2 in., (gores faded and worn, one box edge split).
Literature: Elly Dekker and Peter van der Kroght, (1993),Globes from the Western World, p. 98.
Estimate $1,500-2,000