TIMBY SOLAR TIMEPIECE WITH INSET JOSLIN GLOBE
L.E. Whiting, Saratoga Spring and Baldwinsville, New York, c. 1865
designed and patented by Theodore R. Timby
mahogany case in original surface, the scroll-top case with central turned finial and gilt pendant, printed paper Arabic numeral hour dial encircling the twelve-gore globe marked Joslin's Six Inch Terrestrial Globe, Containing the Latest Discoveries, Gillman Joslin, Boston 1860 Globe in a brass yoke, lower printed paper minute dial with Arabic numerals behind a hinged and glazed door,
26.5" total h.
From the home of a major, long-time collector of Americana in the Boston area.
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Realized: $4,000 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 72 : TIMBY SOLAR TIMEPIECE WITH INSET JOSLIN GLOBE
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