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Globes For Sale
Mid-19th Century French Terrestrial Globe with Brass Frame Signed Ch. Perigot
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate an office or study with this spectacular antique globe. Crafted in France, circa 1870, the terrestrial piece sits on a Napoleon III wooden pedestal base. The brass stem holds the 12" swivel globe which is signed Ch...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Globes
Materials
Brass
Terrestrial Globe By G. Thomas
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Very beautiful Terrestrial Globe from the beginning of the 20th century circa 1910 by G.Thomas publisher Paris
The Terrestrial Globe has a very beautiful blackened wooden base with ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Globes
Materials
Paper
Antique vintage terrestrial globe wooden base stand
Located in Pasadena, TX
Antique vintage terrestrial globe wooden base stand
L-4”
W-4”
H-9”
Category
Mid-20th Century Globes
Materials
Wood
George III Celestial Floor Globe By J&W Cary
Located in Essex, MA
Carys New and Improved Celestial globe. Dated 1799. Cary was one of Englands leading globe makers of the late 18th century. Set in a mahogany stand with three saber legs and joined b...
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Globes
Materials
Brass
1855 Astronomical Plate of Distance of the Planets by FJ Huntington New York
Located in Milan, IT
Plate of the distance of the planets “Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by F.J. Huntington in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for th...
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1850s American Antique Globes
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Regency Lane’s Pocket Globe, Dated 1818
By Lane's
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A 3 ½ inch Regency Lane’s pocket globe, dated 1818, the terrestrial globe with the seas in light green and the land masses outlined in darker green, contained within a hinged black shagreen case, the concave interior of the case applied with the engraved celestial charts...
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1810s English Regency Antique Globes
Materials
Wood
English Celestrial Table Globe By R.B Bate, London
Located in Essex, MA
!2 inch celestrial globe "The New Twelve Inch British Celestrial Globe". With a mahogany tripod base.
Category
1820s English Regency Antique Globes
Materials
Mahogany, Paper
Large and Extremely Rare Terrestrial Globe by Newton
By Newton Globes - Planer & Newton
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A large and extremely rare 24-inch terrestrial globe by Newton
Our most magnificent and rare globes were a pair of 24-inch Newton globes.
These too were updated in 1852 (terre...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Globes
Materials
Mahogany
Italian Mid-Century Iron Armillary
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Mid-Century modern painted iron armillary globe with gold Continents supported on a round black base.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Globes
Materials
Iron
A pair of Newton and Son ‘New & Improved’ 15 inch globes
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Each of these globes is set into a walnut stand with burr walnut veneers to the frieze and a solid turned and gadrooned walnut bluster support. This is raised on three acanthus carv...
Category
1860s English Antique Globes
Materials
Walnut
$91,601 / item
Mid-Century Globe in a Bronze Stand in the manner of Paul McCobb
By Paul McCobb
Located in Littleton, CO
A striking 1970s Replogle globe on a sleek, minimalist bronze stand, reminiscent of Paul McCobb's timeless design.
The bronze base exhibits a beautiful, rich patina that adds under...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Globes
Materials
Metal, Bronze
$895 Sale Price
25% Off
Vintage 1930 Magnus Reversible Globe by the Prouty Branch Company of Chicago
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Scarcely seen 12" 'Magnus' Reversible Globe, the singular globe The Prouty Branch Company manufactured (ca. 1930, Chicago, USA).
Composed of paper boards over pasteboard with adjusta...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Globes
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Lovely pair of English miniature globes on carved wooden stands
Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL
“NEWTON’S NEW & IMPROVED TERRESTRIAL and CELESTIAL GLOBES".
PUBLISHED BY NEWTON & SON,
66 CHANCERY LANE, LONDON.”
No date but ca. 1820-1830.
Diameter globes 2.75 inches / Total heig...
Category
1820s British Victorian Antique Globes
Materials
Wood
$17,619 Sale Price / set
20% Off
1960s Replogle Illuminated Glass Globe on Mahogany Stand
Located in Brooklyn, NY
1960s Replogle (Chicago, IL) globe on stand composed of paper gores over glass with a cast metal meridian. Base is mahogany with brass feet and features a full 360 degree swivel acti...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Globes
Materials
Brass
American Art Deco 'Pre-WWII' Globe of the World with an Internal Light
Located in Queens, NY
American Art Deco (Pre-WWII) globe of the world with an internal light resting in an ebonized wood Stand (made by Replogle Globes, INC, Chicago, IL).
Category
20th Century American Art Deco Globes
Materials
Wood
Newton and Son Pocket Globe and Case
Located in Spencertown, NY
The terrestrial globe is 3 inches in diameter contained within a turned mahogany box with cover. The seas in light green and land masses in darker green.
Dimension of Globe 3" Diame...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Globes
Materials
Fruitwood, Paper
Heavy Bronze Terrestrial Globe on Black Base, 1990's
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Heavy Bronze terrestrial Globe on Black Base, 1990's
Heavy bronze terrestrial globe with armillary rings mounted on a sleek black metal base. This substantial decorative globe featur...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Globes
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Vintage Replogle Precision Globe with Rotating Zodiac Constellation Base
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Replogle 12" Precision Globe showing the relation of the Sun to the Earth, given the month of the year, and displaying day and nighttime periods.
Features a pasteboard globe with bod...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Globes
Materials
Metal
Large French Terrestrial Globe or World Atlas by Girard Et Barrère
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A large French terrestrial globe or world atlas by Girard et Barrère.
This is a very large stylish French terrestrial globe from the 1930...
Category
1930s Arts and Crafts Vintage Globes
Materials
Beech
Antique 20thC British "Geographia" 8 Inch Terrestrial Globe By Philips c.1920
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 20th Century British "Geographica" 8 inch terrestrial globe. Made by George Philip & Son LTD (Philips). The globe dates to around 1920 and is in superb condition. It is mount...
Category
20th Century British Other Globes
Materials
Lacquer, Paper
20th-Century Decorative Metal Globe
Located in Opole, PL
20th-Century Decorative Metal Globe
We present you this hand-made metal globe from the 2nd half of the 20th century.
It is decorative in nature. The placement of continents and coun...
Category
Late 20th Century European Globes
Materials
Metal
$285 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Deco Period French Globe
Located in Austin, TX
Table top globe from the Art Deco period in France. This piece features an ebonized and French polish base base.
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Globes
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Belgium Equinoctial Globe on Iron Stand Signed H. Balieus
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate an office or study with this spectacular antique globe. Crafted in Belgium, circa 1920, on a scale of 1 : 40000,000 by L. Windels, the stem is holding a 12" swivel globe. Th...
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Globes
Materials
Iron
20th Century Terrestrial Globe Covered with Painted Paper
Located in Lisboa, PT
This vintage terrestrial globe, dating from the 1950s to 1960s (mid-20th century), is a beautifully crafted piece from an unknown origin. The globe is covered with paper, featuring m...
Category
20th Century European Globes
Materials
Walnut, Paper
Mid Century 12” Terrestrial Black and Gold Globe
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Mid Century 12” Terrestrial Black and Gold Globe
This is an unusual colour presentation for a globe, this is a Mid Century piece, the sea is in Black and the land is in Gold, the ...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Globes
Materials
Paper
A Rare 'Crams' Imperial Globe on Earlier 19th Century Ebonised and Gilded Stand
Located in Dublin, IE
A lovely rare vintage imperial world globe featuring a finely cast brass meridian and beautifully illustrating the territorial map, ocean currents and main trade routes. The stem ho...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Globes
Materials
Brass
Replogle Globes French Country Provincial Style Revolving Floor Globe Oak Stand
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Replogle Globes French Country Provincial style Revolving floor globe oak stand. Item features fiberglass revolving globe, solid wood f...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Provincial Globes
Materials
Fiberglass, Oak
Late 19th Century English Victorian World Globe
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian globe of the world on wrought iron filigree 3 legged base.
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Globes
Materials
Iron
Miniature pocket globe in colourful card box
By Michael Manning
Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL
Miniature terrestrial pocket globe. Model of the earth.
London, 1857 by J. Manning
diameter of 1,75 inches / 4,5 cm.
This lovely miniature terrestrial globe consists of twelve copper engraved, hand coloured gores over a wooden base. The gores are varnished. The colouring is both subtle and original. With a central pin contained in a colourful card box.
A little about miniature globes: The miniature or pocket globe was a British invention, introduced to the world by Joseph Moxon in 1673 when he produced a 3-inch globe. To own a pocket globe is to have the whole world in miniature. Pocket globes were never to be taken very seriously – they never served any practical purpose; their size makes accurate calculations impossible, and they tend to lack the rings and dials for most common manipulations. No, they were seen more as a status symbol, or a lovely decorative artistic artefact to reside on a gentleman’s desk or small table. There is a school of thought that some of the cheaper pocket globes may have aided children’s education. Today, they reflect a lost and never-to-be-forgotten age of exploration...
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19th Century British Early Victorian Antique Globes
Materials
Hardwood, Paper
$2,857 Sale Price
20% Off
A decorative pair of rare table globes in a fine condition.
By Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr
Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL
These pair of globes, dated 1730, are original and in fine condition.
Title:
Globus terrestris novus Loca Terrae insigniora sec. praestant Astron. et Geogr. observationes sistens op...
Category
Early 18th Century German Baroque Antique Globes
Materials
Other
$49,107 Sale Price
25% Off
Vintage Frosted Rococco Globe with Painted Flower Details
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Vintage Frosted Glass Globe with a 4" inch opening for easy mounting with a gothic pattern and floral painting along the bottom
5" Tall x 2' Fitter x 4" Opening
Category
1950s Rococo Revival Vintage Globes
Materials
Glass
$94 Sale Price / item
35% Off
Coexist Sky Glass Map in Nickel Plated Brass, Red version
By Gio Tirotto
Located in Roma, IT
Gio Tirotto realizes the project Coexist: the Ground globe and the Sky stellar map, two objects complementary as only Sky and Earth can be, where the transparent glass allows to look...
Category
2010s Italian Globes
Materials
Brass
Vintage French Modern Illuminated Glass Globe Terrestre by Girard et Barrère
By Gerard Barrère & Thomas
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Girard et Barrère illuminated terrestrial glass globe illustrating major shipping routes, ca. 1968, France - Rhodesia and Congo (pre-Zaire) present - Bangladesh not present.
Composed...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Globes
Materials
Brass
Newton & Sons Late George III Terrestrial and Celestial Mahogany Library Globes
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...
Category
1830s Antique Globes
Materials
Wood
World Globe by Edward Wormley
Located in New York, NY
The ultimate world globe designed by Edward Wormley for Rand McNally, USA, circa 1950. Features a rotating globe mounted on a walnut base with brass capped legs. Marked "Rand McNally...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Globes
Vintage Cram's Political Terrestrial Illuminated Light-Up Globe on Mahogany Base
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage 16" Physical Political Terrestrial Light-up Globe by The George F. Cram Company, Inc (Indianapolis, IN, ca. 1980 - Upper Volta, Ivory Coast and Zimbabwe all present).
Compose...
Category
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Globes
Materials
Metal
Terrestrial Globe By G. Thomas Paris
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Very beautiful Terrestrial Globe from the beginning of the 20th century circa 1910 by G.Thomas publisher Paris
The Terrestrial Globe has an exceptional blackened wooden base with a ...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Globes
Materials
Wood
A large 30 inch W. & . A. K. Johnston library globe
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A large 30 inch W. & . A. K. Johnston library globe, supported by an unusual pitch pine stand with a brass meridian ring, all on four turned flange and baluster legs joined by matchi...
Category
20th Century English Globes
Materials
Brass
19th Century Terrestrial Globe by G. Thomas, Editeur & Globe Maker, Paris, 1890s
By G. Thomas, Éditeur
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rare 19th century terrestrial globe by G. Thomas, Editeur & Globe Maker, Paris, circa 1890s
The globe sits atop a wooden stand and measures 4" diameter x 6.5" high.
The globe i...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Globes
Materials
Paper
Exquisite Art Deco Ebony World Globe Vienna 1900
Located in Doha, QA
A wonderful Art Deco World Globe is hand carved out of noble dark brown ebony wood and consists of two parts. Put together it has an oval form wit...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Globes
Materials
Marble
Large Illuminated World Globe Lamp Columbus Fifties
Located in Poperinge, BE
Beautiful large illuminated globe, Dutch globe lamp, by Colombus Verlag, circa 1950s, Germany.
This political and physical globe is made of glass and covered with a paper map, this ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Globes
Materials
Chrome
Rand McNally Illuminated Globe with Stand by Edward Wormley
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Illuminating globe in a walnut stand designed by Edward Wormley for map company Rand McNally. The globe features three walnut legs with stainless steel sandwiched between each leg an...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Globes
Materials
Stainless Steel
Illuminated Globe Lamp by Edward Wormley for Dunbar (Featured in Catalog)
Located in Chicago, IL
Globe Lamp attributed to Edward Wormley for Dunbar. Globe illuminates.
Illustrated in in Dunbar Catalog. Included catalog photos in listing at end.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Globes
Materials
Wood
Large terrestrial globe with wooden base by Pini-Gussoni, Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Large terrestrial globe (diameter 19,75”), made of paper mache on a wooden structure. The large turned base is made of black lacquered walnut wood. Cartography compiled by engineer E...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Globes
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century French Globe by Girard et Barrère
Located in PARIS, FR
Magnificent globe by the French editors Girard et Barrère who were located on rue de l'Ancienne Comédie in Paris.
Wooden base with metal feet. Authentic eyepiece. Excellent condition.
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Globes
Materials
Metal
Table Top Tellus Globe, Ochre and Walnut
Located in London, GB
This striking piece features a 360mm diameter globe elevated on a rippled Australian walnut veneered stand with caps, brace detailing and a highly polished base in antiqued brass. Th...
Category
2010s British Globes
Materials
Brass, Stainless Steel
$30,183 / item
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. Great...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Globes
Materials
Wood
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
A Large World Globe
Located in Washington, DC
Category
Early 20th Century French Globes
$4,600
A George III Eighteen Inch Celestial Globe by W. and T.M. Bardin
By T. M. Bardin
Located in Dallas, TX
A George III eighteen inch celestial globe by W. and T.M. Bardin, dated 1800, in a mahogany tripod floor stand having graceful curved legs with brass caps and castors. the cartouche ...
Category
Early 19th Century George III Antique Globes
Materials
Mahogany
Räths Politischer Erdglobus terrestrial globe designed by Arthur Krause 1950s
Located in Milan, IT
Earth globe edited by Räths Politischer Erdglobus drawn and delineated by Prof Arthur Krause in the 1950s, in addition to the spatial map, the main trade routes of the period are dep...
Category
Mid-20th Century Globes
Materials
Paper
Splendid Paul McCobb Globe
Located in Evanston, IL
Lovely Paul McCobb globe is a stunning example of good design for the Repogle Globe company in the 1970's
McCobb's design ethos emphasized practica...
Category
1970s American Vintage Globes
Materials
Brass
Tellus Globe, Ochre
Located in London, GB
This striking piece features a 500mm diameter globe elevated on a rippled Australian walnut veneered stand with caps, brace detailing and a highly polished base in antiqued brass. Th...
Category
2010s British Globes
Materials
Brass
$80,280 / item
Raths Politischer Erdglobus Globe DDR 1980s
Located in Den Haag, NL
Räth Raths Politischer Erdglobus DDR 1980s . with light .
Teak base . Dutch language . Good condition .
Category
1980s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Globes
Materials
Teak
Small globe Räths Politischer Erdglobus 1950s Bakelite base
Located in Milan, IT
8195 Small globe edited by Räths Politischer Erdglobus drawn and outlined by Porf Arthur Krause in the 1950s. Papier-mâché ball and bakelite base.
Good condition, excellent readabil...
Category
Mid-20th Century Globes
Materials
Paper
Mid-Century Light Glass Globe with Wooden Base by Paul Rath, 1950s
Located in Praha, CZ
-Fully functional
-Photo surface defects
-Made of glass, metal and wood.
Category
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Globes
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Planisphere Copper Bar Hand-Hammered Black Lacquered Wood and Glass
Located in Paris, FR
Copper bar Planishere in hand-hammered polished copper,
feet in black lacquered high gloss wood. Inside spaces for
glasses and bottles. Top in black lacquered glass.
Also vailable in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Globes
Materials
Gold, Copper
$25,619 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Large Vintage A.J. Nystrom Wall Mounted or Tabletop Activity / Military Globe
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Machine Age-style A.J. Nystrom of Chicago Military or Activity Globe composed of a spun metal blue orb with green slated land masses outlined in yellow. These globes were used by the...
Category
1940s American Industrial Vintage Globes
Materials
Metal
Columbus-Himmelglobus celestial globe Kartograph C. Luther of the 1930s
Located in Milan, IT
Celestial globe on the cartouche reads Columbus - Himmelglobus bearbeit von Porf. Dr Johannes Riem ausgefuhrt von Kartograph C. Luther Columbus - Verlag G.m.b.H. (Paul Oestergaard) ...
Category
1930s Vintage Globes
Materials
Paper
Coexist Ground Glass World Map in Nickel Plated Brass, Red version
By Gio Tirotto
Located in Roma, IT
Gio Tirotto realizes the project Coexist: the Ground globe and the Sky stellar map, two objects complementary as only Sky and Earth can be, where the transparent glass allows to look...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Globes
Materials
Brass
A little terrestral globe by Newton, London 1820.
Located in Milan, IT
Over a round foot that rise with a central element with moved profile is connected the brass half meridian, which holds at the ends the metal axe of the little globe. The base is mad...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Globes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Antique, New and Vintage Globes
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.
On 1stDibs, you can find a collection of authentic antique and vintage globes including mid-century modern, Georgian, Art Deco editions and more.
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