Terrestrial globe
Material: Brass, iron, wood
Marks: See Features
Features: Twelve printed paper gores laid on metal sphere. The countries are depicted in various colors and the oceans in beige. Analemma Showing the Declination of the Sun placed in the Pacific Ocean. Full calibrated brass meridian ring and adjustment screw. Brass hour circles at the poles. The walnut horizon band is marked "Manufactured by Gilman Joslin Corrected to 1870" and signs of the zodiac, calendar and equation of time table all in green, salmon and brown enclosed in a Greek key border.
Period: Circa 1870
Size: Overall: 24"H x 20"Diameter - Globe:15"
Weight: 25 lbs
Condition: Very good. Slight losses on wood and discoloration on horizon band. A few tight age checks in paper with no significant loss.
History: Gilman Joslin (1804-c. 1886), one of America's most prolific globe makers, began making globes for Josiah Loring (1775-c. 1840) in 1837, and took over the business two years later. Loring had begun selling globes in 1832. He advertised that his globes were superior to British globes of the period. Yet, early Loring globes were either imported from C. Smith & Sons, one of the leading British globe makers of the late Georgian period, or re-engraved versions of Smith & Sons globes. Gilman Joslin began as a wood turner and maker of looking glass mirrors. After taking over Loring s business, he began producing globes under the Loring name and under his own name. Joslin set up a globe manufacturing facility in Boston, and by 1850 had five workers. Gilman Joslin was joined by his son William B. Joslin in 1874 and the firm continued in operation as Gilman Joslin & Son until 1907.