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Hampshire, UK
12 Inch Globe by W & AK Johnston, Dated 1888
REF: LA450718
£3,450
€4,030
$4,340
Certified DealerApproved item420 sales by dealer
Certified DealerApproved item420 sales by dealer
Description
12 inch globe by W & Ak Johnston, dated 1888, the terrestrial globe set in an ebonized stand with four turned legs and cross stretchers, the cartouche reading ‘12inch Globe by W. & A.K. Johnston Geographers and Printers to the Queen, Edinburgh and London, 1888.’ British.
The firm of W. & A.K. Johnston was founded by brothers William and Alexander Keith (1804-1871) Johnston, who started out as apprentices to the Scottish globe maker and publisher James Kirkwood in his Edinburgh workshop. They purchased the established publishing house of William Lizars. Alongside maps, atlases, gazetteers and guide books they produced globes, including the first highly acclaimed physical globes, which won them a number of awards at the Great Exhibition of 1851. The business continued to function under the Johnston name until the 1960s.
measurements
Height:
18 in
Diameter:
17 in
declaration
Wick Antiques Ltd has clarified that the 12 Inch Globe by W & AK Johnston, Dated 1888 (LA450718) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being 1888
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Date of Manufacture:
1888
location
This 12 Inch Globe by W & AK Johnston, Dated 1888 is located in Hampshire, United Kingdom
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