A PAIR OF EARLY VICTORIAN STAINED-WALNUT GLOBES

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A PAIR OF EARLY VICTORIAN STAINED-WALNUT GLOBES
Each globe with a horizon ring and frieze supported by four channelled arms on a foliate-carved shaft, on three downswept lion-paw feet headed by a foliate scroll, the terrestrial globe inscribed 'MANUFACTURED BY NEWTON & SON, 66 CHANCERY LANE &. FLEET STREET TEMPLE BAR/LONDON/..1860, the celestial globe inscribed 'NEWTONS/CELESTIAL GLOBE...', previously with castors
The globes 18 in. (46 cm.) diam.; the stands 26 in. (66 cm.) diam.; 44 in. (112 cm.) high (2)

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During the first half of the 19th Century, the firm of Newton, together with Bardin and Cary, occupied a leading position in the manufacture of globes in London. Founded by John Newton (d. 1844) circa 1782, he was joined by his son, William (d. 1861) circa 1818, and Miles Berry in the 1830s. Finally Willam's son, William Edward Newton (d. 1879) joined the firm and they were known as W. Newton & Son from circa 1841 onwards. For a long time the address of the firm was 66 Chancery Lane, London (E. Dekker and P. van der Krogt, Globes from the Western World, London, 1993, p. 118, 119, 177).