Live auction - Lot 667
[Globe - Cartographic oddities]
Decorative seal with a rotating globe.
Ca. 1890
Hammer price: €
850
€ 700 / 800
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Lot description
Silver, 7,5 x 2,7 cm, diam. globe: 2 cm, without silver mark.
19th-c. Renaissance Revival stamp with Atlas holding the globe while standing on an elaborate base with dolphins. Engraved, at the bottom, with the monogram "J.G.". The continents and oceans are named in German.