Lot 365
A Pair of French Renaissance Revival Gilt Bronze Three-Light Sconces, late 19th c., the backplates cast with classical maidens and grotesque masques, scrolled candle arms, fitted for electricity, height 17 1/2in., width 12 1/2 in., depth 8 in successful globe makers in the world. Their largest model, seen here, would have been made for institutions or the most prestigious private libraries; won a number of medals in the Great Exhibition. As was common in the day, the cartouche bears a small overlay label over the Johnston name from the Chicago globe retailer A.J. Nystrom, one of several Chicago retailers who imported Johnston's globes. Interestingly, the gores for this globe bear the watermark "J. Whatman/ 1914". Whatman, of course, being the paper used for Audubon's Birds of America.
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