Brass Maps

This is a wonderfuly beautiful artistic rendering of a world globe. Dating to the earlier half of the 20th c but summoning an old world view of things. Far more stylistic than factua...

A handsome Smith's terrestrial globe, circa 1835. Mounted on a brass semi-meridian that sits on a turned wooden upright and circular base. Printed in several colours, the globe compr...

A wonderful set of Terrestrial and Celestial 12 inch globes by George Philip and Son. Presented on brass inclined plain mounts attached to original turned ebonized wooden bases and uprights with axes secured at the top by brass acorn finials. Unusually, the terrestrial globe has a copyright date shown under the cartouche, 1946. The celestial globe is printed in beige against a dark blue background and shows the constellations and many named stars. Solid lines connect the stars within constellations rather than illustrating them as mythological and other figures.? A cartouche is present that includes the title and maker's address. When looking at the stars from Earth the viewpoint is effectively inside a celestial sphere. The surface of a celestial globe shows the star field as a projection viewed from the outside and is therefore reversed, with the constellations appearing as their mirror images. The terrestrial globe is printed in several colours and comprises of twelve coated lithographic paper gores with polar calottes over a twelve inch card sphere. The age of the globe has been confirmed by the political borders and named cities displayed. The globe is nicely detailed and has a grid network of parallels and meridians. It shows all the continents and countries as they were at the time it was printed and also indicates all the principal steamship routes with distances in nautical miles. The globe also has a printed Analemma - a diagram showing the declination of the Sun for every day in the year and the equation of time. The Analemma therefore shows the position of the Sun in the sky as seen from a fixed location on Earth at the same mean solar time, as the sun's position varies over the course of a year. A cartouche is present that includes the title and maker's address. Dimensions of each globe: 30.5 cm/12 inches (diameter) x 59 cm/23 1/4 inches (max height). George Philip, (1800–1882) was a cartographer and map publisher. He founded George Philip & Sons in 1834 in Liverpool primarily as a bookseller and stationer, but rapidly expanding to become a publisher of primarily maps, atlases and educational works. He had one son, also George (1823–1902), who was admitted to the business in 1848. George senior was born in Huntly, Aberdeenshire and by 1819 he had become assistant to the Liverpool bookseller, William Grapel before going on to start his own business. He used cartographers (such as John Bartholomew the elder, August Petermann, and William Hughes) to produce maps on copper plates. Philip then had these printed and hand-coloured by his women tinters. The business expanded rapidly and by the time he produced his county maps of 1862 he was using machine...

Mid 20th Century 10” Terrestrial Globe mounted on a polished brass crescent axis with an ebonised wooden base. Made by Geographia Ltd, 114 Fleet Street, London. Condition In Grea...

Mid 20th Century 10” Terrestrial Globe mounted on a polished brass crescent axis with an ebonised wooden base. Made by Geographia Ltd, 114 Fleet Street, London. CONDITION In Great C...

Antique late 19th century George Philip & Sons Terrestrial library globe, Smith's, in a brass cradle with astrological signs around the mahog...

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely John Cary Travel Celestial Globe in Box marked Cary & Co London, No. 21540 This globe I believe is classed as a 14 inch which is the...

Vintage desk or tabletop globe map with stand in brass by Scholastic. This piece rotates on a full swing meridian and displays plenty of vintage charm. The p...

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 ...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to this lovely vintage, antique style Replogle 16 inch world classic series floor standing globe A very good looking well...

Often attributed to Paul McCobb, because of the same brass tubing that McCobb used in his furniture. This 1970s Replogle globe is in very nice condition with raised topography and ...

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...