Nathaniel Hill
Pocket Globe

ArtistEnglish, 1708–1768
CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Pocket Globe
Date1754
PlaceLondon, England
MediumPaper maché, engraving on paper with hand-coloring, housed in a fish skin case
DimensionsOverall: 3 in. diameter (7.6 cm)
Overall (.B, Case, open): 1 1/2 × 5 7/8 × 2 7/8 in. (3.8 × 15 × 7.4 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.2012.3.A,.B
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
217 Blaffer Galleries
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Provenance[Trevor Philip & Sons, Ltd., London]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 2012.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed and dated: A NEW Terrestrial GLOBE by Nath Hill 1754

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

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Box with Lid
20th century
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Folding Spoon with Case
17th century
Mother-of-pearl and silver, leather case with stamped gold foil
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Assembled
19th or 20th century
Agate
96.1647.A-.C
Fish sinker with shell lure
1200–1532 AD
Stone, shell, and string
2004.2439
Seed Pod Fortune Counter
1850–1950
Seed pod (?)
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Spoon with Depictions of Fish
1100–1450 AD
Bone and paint
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Ink Cake
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Carbon
2000.721
Sewing Clamp
c. 1840–1890
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