A pair of 18 inch Regency terrestrial and celestial globes, by W. & T. M. Bardin, dated 1819

each on turned mahogany stands with downswept legs and spade feet with casters, the feet joined by a compass-centered tripartite stretcher with a label to the terrestrial gore: To the R^t Honourable Sir Joseph Banks, Bar^t, K.B. / President of the Royal Society / This new British terrestrial globe containing all the newest discoveries and communications for the most correct and authentic observations and surveys to the year 1819 by Capt. Cook and other great navigators engraved with a drawing by M. P. Arrowsmith, geographer, W. & T. M. Bardin,

In overall very good conserved condition. Both gores have some minor restorations but retain a high level of detail. The mahogany stands have old marks and scratches consistent with age and use, most noticeable to the edge of the outer rim. These are ready to place.
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William Bardin began making globes around 1780. His first globes were of 9in. and 12in. diameter and were published in collaboration with Gabriel Wright who was a mathematical instrument-maker who had worked for eighteen years for the instrument maker Benjamin Martin. In 1790, William Bardin was joined by his son Thomas Marriott (1768-1819) apprenticed since 1783 and who had recently become a freeman. The firm henceforth became known as W & T.M.Bardin. In 1794 they moved premises to Salisbury Square off Fleet Street. On William`s death, Thomas took sole control of the firm which was taken over by his daughter Elizabeth Marriott (1799-1851) in 1820 after he had died. A very similar pair of globes was sold Important English Furniture including Property from the Collections of Peter Glenville and Hardy William Smith, Christie's, New York, 17 October 2003, lot 148.