Carious Carys are still worth the earth…
A PORTISHEAD parent proved no dummy when he unearthed two Regency library globes at his child’s school. The unusually large globes, by renowned London maker Cary, were discovered under the floorboards of local Bristol school, Portishead Primary, and went on to form the stellar entry in this 396-lot collectors sale.
The later globe, dated 1815, represented the earth and was annotated with all the major discoveries …