Pair of 19th Century Cruchley Terrestrial Library Globes with Compasses
By G.F. Cruchley
Located in Dallas, TX
Compasses sit directly below the globes. Very rare. Cruchley's large, detailed library globes offer precise mid-19th-century terrestrial and celestial data.
Glass, Wood
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Exquisite Mid Century Imperial Terrestrial Standing Floor Globe Wood Library
By Cram's
Located in Peoria, AZ
Exquisite! Cram's Imperial Terrestrial Standing Floor Globe Approximately 16" wide by 39" Tall This is one of the finest terrestrial floor globes of the mid century period.
Wood
$100,000Sale Price|20% Off
Newton & Sons Late George III Terrestrial and Celestial Mahogany Library Globes
By Newton and Son
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Fine pair of Newton & Sons late George III 20 inch terrestrial and celestial tripod mahogany library globes, London, second quarter of the 19th century, the terrestrial globe, dated...
Wood
William IV Terrestrial And Celestial Floor Globes By J. W. Cary
By John & William Cary
Located in New Orleans, LA
Beyond their visual appeal, these precisely detailed maps of the earth and skies were also crucial instruments of learning and business in the days of exploration and an essential it...
Mahogany
An Important 33-inch Terrestrial Library Globe By Malby
By Malby & Co.
Located in New York, NY
Malby’s Terrestrial Globe/Compiled from the latest & most authentic Sources/ Including All the Recent/ Geographical
Discoveries.
This fine and unusually large t...
Wood, Papier Mâché, Watercolor, Paper
Terrestrial Globe on Stand by Wagner & Debes
By Wagner & Debes
Located in Sheffield, MA
A German 12? terrestrial library globe by Wagner & Debes, Lehrm-Anst, of Leipzig on a mahogany tripod base with baluster vase turned pedestal on inwardly scrolled feet, the stand wit...
Brass
Terrestrial Library Floor Globe
By W. & A.K. Johnston
Located in New York, NY
JOHNSTON, W. and A. K. An 18-inch Terrestrial Library Floor Globe J. Nystrom & Co Chicago c. 1900 40 x 24 inches height and overall diameter 28,500 [signed] within a circular ...
Mahogany, Papier Mâché, Paper
A Pair of Tall Georgian Library Globes
Located in New York, NY
Richard Cushee (d. 1732) A Pair of Tall Georgian Library Globes London Globes circa 1730, stands circa 1750 A Pair of English 15 Inch Library Globes The Terrestrial, with fi...
Wood, Papier Mâché, Paper
Vintage Terrestrial Library Globe on Stand 20th Century
Located in London, GB
A fine vintage 16 inch terrestrial library globe on stand by Herff Jones Inc, USA, Circa 1980 in date.
Other
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H 19.69 in W 15.75 in D 15.75 in
19th Century British Terrestrial Library Globe, George Philip & Son, C.1890
By George Philip & Son
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique late 19th century George Philip & Sons Terrestrial library globe, Smith's, in a brass cradle with astrological signs around the mahogany frame.
Brass
Vintage English Terrestrial Library Globe Philips 20th Century
By Philips
Located in London, GB
A fine vintage 13.5 inch Terrestrial library globe on stand by Philips, dated 1959.
Brass
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H 37.01 in W 18.12 in D 18.12 in
Antique Terrestrial Library Globe on Stand by Jordglob, Sweden, 1920s
Located in London, GB
A fine antique 12inch terrestrial library globe on stand by Jordglob, Stockholm Sweden, Circa 1920 in date.
Brass
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H 33.47 in W 20.87 in D 20.87 in
Vintage 16 inch Terrestrial Library Globe on Stand Donati, Milano 20th Century
Located in London, GB
A fine vintage 16 inch walnut and gilded terrestrial library globe on stand by Donati, Milano, Italy, Circa 1960 in date.
Walnut
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H 18.51 in Dm 18.51 in
20th Century British Terrestrial Library Globe, George Philip & Son, c.1920
By George Philip & Son
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
20th Century George Philip 12 inch library table globe, with eighteen applied coloured printed gores incorporating oval trade label Philips' 12 Inch Library Globe, showing principal ...
Brass
Pair of Cary’s Terrestrial and Celestial Library Globes
By Cary’s
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Each surmounted by a brass scale in a circular oak stand with four arched supports on a gadrooned and ring-turned column, the tripod S-scroll legs joined by a large compass, decorate...
Brass
A Regency Style Library Terrestrial Globe on Stand
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Regency style library Terresetrial globe on mahogany tripod base with brass paw caster feet. Made by Rand McNally & Company. For many more fine antiques, please visit our onl...
Pair of Cary's Terrestrial and Celestial Library Globes, 1790-1825
By Cary’s
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A pair of 21" Cary's terrestrial and celestial library globes, each set on a turned mahogany column with tripod cabriole legs, carved on the knees, the papers dated 1790-1825, compas...
Wood
Vintage Library Terrestrial Globe Designed by Vallardi Milan, Early 1950s
By Antonio Vallardi Editore
Located in Milan, IT
Terrestrial globe designed and engraved by A. Minelli and published in the early 1950s by Antonio Vallardi Editore Milano. Original base of turned wood with meridian circle of engrav...
Plaster, Wood
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H 43.3 in W 19.68 in D 19.68 in
1920s Terrestrial Antique Library Globe Edited Columbus by Prof. Ernst Friedrich
By Columbus Verlag Paul Oestergard
Located in Milan, IT
Terrestrial globe edited by Columbus, by prof. Ernst Friedrich, 1920s. Very good condition. Measures: Height cm 110, inches 43.30, diameter of sphere cm 50, inches 19.68. Establishe...
Wood
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H 18.9 in W 17.33 in D 17.33 in
Antique Victorian Terrestrial Library Table Globe by C.F. Cruchley, 19th C
Located in London, GB
A fine antique Victorian terrestrial 'Cruchley's Late Cary's New Terrestrial' 12-inch table globe, dated 1855. The globe is fitted with a brass meridian ring, a horizon ring with...
Brass
Smith’s Terrestrial Globe on Mahogany Stand circa 1830
By Charles Smith & Son
Located in Milford, NH
A fine example of a 12 inch diameter terrestrial table or library globe on mahogany stand with cartouche that reads “Smith’s Terrestrial Globe, containing the whole of The Latest Dis...
Brass
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H 34.65 in W 21.26 in D 21.26 in
VintageTerrestrial Library Globe on Stand Donati, Milano 20th Century
Located in London, GB
A fine vintage walnut terrestrial sixteen inch library globe on stand in 17th Century style, by Donati, Milano, Italy, Circa 1960 in date.
Walnut
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H 20.48 in W 18.9 in D 18.9 in
Large 18th Century French Library Terrestrial Globe by Jean Fortin, Paris, 1780
By Jean-Baptiste Fortin
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
A very rare and unusually large Louis XVI terrestrial globe by the royal French globemaker Jean-Baptiste Fortin (1740-1817). He had a shop in Paris, in the Rue de la Harpe and made g...
Wood, Paper
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H 18.12 in W 18.12 in D 18.12 in
Antique Victorian Terrestrial Library Table Globe by W & A. K. Johnston, 19th C
Located in London, GB
A fine antique Victorian terrestrial library table globe by W & A. K. Johnston, Geographers, Engravers & Printers to the Queen, Edinburgh & London, dated 1891.
Brass
Terrestrial Library Globe Replogle Chicago w/Astrological Banded Stand
Located in San Francisco, CA
Terrestrial Library globe Replogle Chicago with banded astrological holder/floor stand circa 1930's/1940's
Wood, Paper
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H 47.25 in W 25.99 in D 25.99 in
Vintage Terrestrial Library Globe on Stand With Compass 20th Century
Located in London, GB
A fine vintage and very decorative 19" terrestrial library globe on stand by Georama, London, dated 1988.
Mahogany
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H 40.16 in W 16.54 in D 16.54 in
Vintage Ormolu Mounted Terrestrial Library Globe on Stand 20th Century
Located in London, GB
A fine vintage ormolu mounted terrestrial library globe, dating from the second half of the 20th Century.
Brass, Ormolu
A Library Terrestrial Globe With Wrought Iron Base
Located in Brussels, Brussels
a fine library terrestrial globe from the 60s made in Italy Very beautiful wrought iron base of good quality resting on a tripod base The globe is removable on its cradle for trans...
Wrought Iron
English 19th Century Library Terrestrial Globe, Cast Iron Base
By W. & A.K. Johnston
Located in Milan, IT
18 inches English paper mâché library terrestrial globe, wooden horizon circle, cast iron tripode with three wheels.
Brass, Iron
Antique Library Globe
By Kittinger
Located in Atlanta, GA
Antique terrestrial 18" Library Globe, made by The Kittinger Company, American, believed to be circa 1920s.
Mahogany, Paper
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H 16.5 in W 12 in D 12 in
Antique Terrestrial Table Library World Globe by George F. Cram Co., circa 1920
By George F. Cram
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique terrestrial school library world globe by The George F.
Iron
Terrestrial Library Globe by Kirkwood
By Kirkwood
Located in St. Louis, MO
Late Regency 12" terrestrial library globe by James Kirkwood of Edinburgh, the mahogany stand with paper horizon ring supported by four arms on a turned post raised on three legs wit...
Brass
Antique and vintage globes can prove unique and interesting accents to your living space, whether on their own as provocative conversation pieces or part of a small collection dotting the shelves where your sculptures and other decorative objects live.
Globes are among the most ancient of scientific instruments. During the Age of Exploration, they were vital for navigation, bringing sailors home after perilous journeys on different trade routes. Globes didn’t just detail continental formations, they might also show astronomical positions — adventurous seafarers of the day would rely on stars’ positions in traveling the great waters ahead of them. Antique globes offer a glimpse into specific time periods and how peoples of the past navigated the world around them. These were tools that identified a region’s borders, the names of countries, territories and more as the Earth’s geography was once known or imagined. As information about a place became available to geographers over time, globes became more accurate.
Not all globes depict the Earth and its countries, landmasses and bodies of water. The models that do are known as terrestrial globes, while globes that detail the position of the stars and other heavenly bodies are called celestial globes.
Quite surprisingly, the construction of globes remains relatively unchanged from the 16th century. The base starts as two papier-mâché hemispheres, which have a wooden support pillar attached via the north and south poles. The hemispheres are joined with glue or sewn with string and are subsequently topped with more paper or even thin fabric. Lastly, the globe is covered with plaster, ready for the design to be pasted on top.
Perhaps even more surprising is that the decorative function of globes has not changed much since the 16th century. They’ve been given as gifts for hundreds of years, as globes have always been beautiful objects whether they’re in your home office or your living room, lining your mantel alongside other globes of different sizes. Recent globe designs offer modern variations in style and features, such as interior lighting, automatic rotation and more.
Today, vintage trunks and luggage have reappeared as furniture or decorative home accents in a bedroom or foyer. This likely owes to wanderlust, nostalgia and a shared love of good design. Decorating with globes is similarly rooted in the allure of travel and a penchant for the stylish finishing touch that collectibles bring to our homes. Antique globes add welcome doses of color and contrast to a house or apartment’s neutral corners, their sea blues and algae greens popping against reclaimed wood interiors or stone fireplaces.
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