Lot 1332* - A200 Decorative Arts - Thursday, 31. March 2022, 10.00 AM
CELESTIAL GLOBE
Germany, end of the 19th century. C. Adami, Berlin (Carl Adami 1802-1874).
Papier-mâché pasted with twelve lithographed & colored paper segments. Brass full-circle meridian ring, on an ebonized wooden frame with an octagonal horizon ring. Paper overlay with the signs of the zodiac, months and cardinal directions. On a tripod with a stretcher featuring a compass in the center. Inscribed: Die Himmelskugel (The Celestial Sphere).Entworfen u. gezeichnet von C. Adami. Neueste Auflage von 1873. Berlin Verlag v. D. Reimer. (Designed and drawn by C. Adami. Most recent edition from 1873, Berlin, Verlag v. D. Reimer.)
Ø 47 cm, H 67 cm.
Signs of use.
CHF 2 000 / 3 000 | (€ 2 060 / 3 090)
Sold for CHF 2 500 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.