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Globes For Sale
Mid-Century Modern illuminated glass globe on a satin glass base by Columbia Duo
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Mid-Century Modern illuminated glass globe on a satin glass base by Columbia Duo, 1960s
Dimensions
Height: 16.14 in. (41 cm)
Diameter: 12.59 in. (32 cm)
Very nice, rare Columbia Du...
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Globes
Materials
Metal
Ed Wormley of Dunbar Mid-Century Modern Illuminated Globe Light Fixture
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Walnut and brass tripod or tri-leg base stand Mid-Century Modern illuminated globe by Ed Wormley.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Globes
Materials
Brass
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
$30,091 / item
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
$284 Sale Price
20% Off
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
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
Illuminated Globe Lamp 1965 Standard Globe Dutch Gdp Italy
Located in Poperinge, BE
Vintage illuminated globe lamp, physical and political Standard Globe in Dutch, printed in Italy, by GDP, 1965.
The scale of the globe is 1:50 000 000.
Quality plastic globe on a r...
Category
1960s European Vintage Globes
Materials
Chrome
Pair of rare 17th century celestial and terrestrial globes, Vincenzo Coronelli
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of celestial and terrestrial table globes, wooden globe covered with engraved and enhanced paper spindles. Bronze mounts with two rings featuring a horizon table engraved with a...
Category
1690s Italian Antique Globes
Materials
Wood
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
Vintage Replogle Classical Mahogany Floor World Globe Signed C1940
Located in Big Flats, NY
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Vintage Replogle Classical Mahogany Floor World Globe Signed C1940. ...
Category
20th Century Globes
Materials
Wood
$1,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid Century Modern Replogle Brass Stand Globe in the Manner of Paul McCobb, 1955
By Paul McCobb
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
1950's era Paul McCobb style globe with patina brass stand. Brass is original and has not been polished. Globe does have age, pictured. Dimensions: 34.5 H x 14.5 D.
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Globes
Materials
Brass
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
Vintage Cram’s Imperial 12 Inch Teaching World Globe 20thC
Located in Big Flats, NY
Vintage Cram’s Imperial 12 Inch Teacher's World Globe 20thC.
Measures - 17"H x 13.25"W x 13.5"D.
A vintage Cram’s Imperial 12-inch world globe from the 20th century. This globe...
Category
20th Century Globes
Materials
Paper
$200 Sale Price
20% Off
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
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...
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Globes
Materials
Wood
Globe german earthling of the Columbus Schulerglobus Berlin Stuttgart 1950s
Located in Milan, IT
Globe german terrestrial published by Columbus Schulerglobus, cartographer prof Paul Oestergaard Berlin Stuttgart in the 1950s. Turned wooden base complete with engraved meridian ci...
Category
Mid-20th Century Globes
Materials
Paper
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
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
Fine Pair of Floor Globes by J & G Cary, Dated 1820 and 1833
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A fine pair of 15 inch floor globes by J & G Cary, dated 1820 and 1833, each set into a mahogany stand with a vase shaped support and three legs centred on a compass, one with a labe...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Globes
Materials
Mahogany
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
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
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
$48,907 Sale Price
25% Off
Pair of 19th Century English J & W Cary Celestial/Terrestrial Table Model Globes
Located in Milford, NH
A fine assembled pair of 12-inch English table model globes on stands manufactured by J & W. Cary, the left globe with cartouche labeled “The New Celestial Globe, on which are correc...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Globes
Materials
Brass
A Fine Pair of Cary Globes, Retailed by Kirk and Mercein of New York c.1816-1820
By John Cary
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Of American Interest-A Fine Pair of Cary Globes, Retailed by Kirk and Mercein of New York c.1816-1820
The globes of celestial and terrestrial form with their original Cary of Lond...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Globes
Materials
Wood
German Columbus terrestrial globe for the Dutch market early 20th century
Located in Milan, IT
Earth globe published for the Dutch market in the early 20th century by the Columbus publishing house, the cartouche reads: Dr. R. Neuse's Aardglobe. Nederlandsche bewerking van R.E....
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Globes
Materials
Paper
A Large World Globe
Located in Washington, DC
Category
Early 20th Century French Globes
$4,600
Large Terrestrial Globe
Located in London, England
Large French table top terrestrial globe. Circa 1900
H 89cm x W 51cm x D 51cm
Category
Early 1900s French French Provincial Antique Globes
Materials
Steel
$1,917
Tabletop political globe published in the 1960s by Rand McNally
Located in Milan, IT
Tabletop political globe, published in the 1960s by Rand McNally. Embossed papier-mâché ball, base and rim complete with the graduated metal merian.
Good condition, very good readab...
Category
1960s Vintage Globes
Materials
Paper
Vintage School Globe by Nystrom
By Lennart Nyström
Located in New York, NY
Vintage school globe by Nystrom. USA, circa 1950. Features bold green continents on blue ocean, mounted on a metal base with swivel mechanism.
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Globes
Materials
Metal
$950 Sale Price
60% Off
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
Vintage Large Tan Genuine Leather Medicine Ball
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Large Tan Hand Stitched Genuine Leather Medicine Ball, Great for Exercise, Sport
Category
1930s Vintage Globes
Materials
Leather, String, Thread
Italian Mid-Century Crystal Sphere with Bubbles
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian Mid-Century crystal sphere with air bubbles throughout. Flat on bottom to sit on surfaces.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Globes
Materials
Crystal
Black globe The George F. Cram Company Indianapolis Indiana 1950s
Located in Milan, IT
Black globe copyright The George F. Cram Company Indianapolis Indiana of the 1950s. Metal base, paper mache sphere. In addition to the very well delineated spatial map, the main trad...
Category
Mid-20th Century Globes
Materials
Paper
Antique 19th Century Smiths Terrestrial Globe By George Philips & Son Ltd c.1890
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th Century English terrestrial globe made by George Philips and Son. Set on a walnut stand. This piece makes a striking addition to any library or serves as a decorative ye...
Category
20th Century British Other Globes
Materials
Walnut
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
Vintage World Globe Oak Base Political Globe Hermann Haack 1950s
By Räth
Located in Poperinge, BE
Beautiful vintage Dutch globe on a black lacquered oak round base, published by Hermann Haack Gotha for Räth, 1950s, scale 1:38 600 000.
This globe was made in the GDR, made of hard...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Globes
Materials
Wood, Paper
Celestial Table Globe by Harris and Son
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A 12 inch celestial table globe by Harris and Son, the horizon ring, with the original papers, set on four turned mahogany legs, the label statin...
Category
1810s English Antique Globes
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Terrestrial Globe Published in 1940s by Girard Barrère et Thomas, Paris
Located in Milan, IT
Terrestrial globe published in the 1940s by Girard Barrère et Thomas 17, Rue de Buci Paris. Turned wooden base, papier mâché sphere covered with paper printed by engraving on copper ...
Category
1940s French Vintage Globes
Materials
Wood, Paper
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
Very rare pair of terrestrial and celestial globes by Felix Delamarche dated 1834
Located in Milan, IT
Very rare pair of terrestrial and celestial globes made by Felix Delamarche in 1834. The cartouche of the globe reads Globe Terrestre Dressé par Felix Delamarche 1834. Plaster and p...
Category
1830s Antique Globes
Materials
Wood
Very Handsome Illuminated Glass Globe on Iron & Walnut Stand
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A beautiful large glass globe that illuminates and is contained in a handsome walnut and iron stand. Large enough to be freestanding on the floor. By Repolo Gle.
Globe itself is 16...
Category
1950s American Vintage Globes
Materials
Iron
Coexist Sky Glass and Brass Nickel Plated World Map Silver
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
$4,234 Sale Price
15% Off
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
Late 1950s Replogle Large Library Globe
Located in Sacramento, CA
Large 16-inch Repogle Library Globe, late 1950s. The globe has a metal frame and sits on a wooden base with a plaque marked "Presented to the Library by C.S.F." The globe has some we...
Category
1950s American Rustic Vintage Globes
Materials
Metal
Vintage Petite Illuminated Glass Precision Globe by Replogle
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Diminutive 10" diameter Replogle Precision Globe circa late 1952 / early 1953 (Israel, Korea, and Ethiopia are present).
Charming desk / bedside decorative object, given its size (ro...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Globes
Materials
Metal
Political globe The George F. Cram Indianapolis Indiana 1960s
Located in Milan, IT
Political globe copyright The George F. Cram Co inc. Indianapolis Indiana Made in USA of the 1960s. Metal base, paper mache sphere. In addition to the very well delineated spatial ma...
Category
1960s Vintage Globes
Materials
Paper
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
Vintage Cram's Deluxe Globe with Automatic Daily Sun Ray Indicator
By Cram's
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Cram's Deluxe Globe with an Automatic Daily Sun Ray Indicator supported by a metal base with lithographed seasons, zodiacs, months, and instructions (ca. 1950, USA).
This model was c...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Globes
Materials
Metal
Coexist Ground Glass and Brass Nickel Plated World Map Silver
By Gio Tirotto
Located in Roma, IT
Gio Tirotto realizes the project coexist: the mod. Ground globe and the mod. Sky stellar map, two objects complementary as only sky and heart can be, where the transparent glass allo...
Category
2010s Italian Globes
Materials
Brass
$4,234 Sale Price
15% Off
Rare Pair of Table Globes by Cary, Each Dated 1816
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A rare pair of 9 inch table globes by Cary, each dated 1816. These globes are by John and William Cary and show the geographical and political borders drawn up following the Congress of Vienna. Each one is surmounted by a brass hour circle, within a calibrated full brass meridian, and a horizon band with an engraved paper calendar...
Category
1810s English Antique 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
$80,035 / item
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.
The globe is raised on a highly decorative acanthus carved mahogany tripod ...
Category
Late 20th Century English Globes
Materials
Mahogany
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.
The globe is raised on a highly decorative walnut tripod stand which is fit...
Category
Late 20th Century English Globes
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
Small German globe published by Columbus Schulerglobus from the 1950s
Located in Milan, IT
Small German globe published by Columbus Schulerglobus, cartographer prof Paul Oestergaard Berlin Stuttgart in the 1950s. Turned wooden base complete with engraved meridian circle. G...
Category
Mid-20th Century Globes
Materials
Paper
Pair of 19th Century Cruchley Terrestrial Library Globes with Compasses
By G.F. Cruchley
Located in Dallas, TX
A handsome set of collectable Mid 19th Century library Globes with compasses on castors. Created by George Fredrick Cruchley circa 1850. Compasses sit directly below the globes. Very...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Antique Globes
Materials
Glass, Wood
Earth globe complete with 8-day winding clock and moon phase late 1800s
Located in Milan, IT
Earth globe complete with moon phase clock with sphere that rotates over 24 hours and the time is indicated by a brass hand, eight-day charge. French manufacture for the English mark...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Globes
Materials
Brass
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
Coexist Mod Sky Glass and Black Iron Stellar Map
By Gio Tirotto
Located in Roma, IT
Gio Tirotto realizes the project coexist: the mod. Ground globe and the mod. Sky stellar map, two objects complementary as only sky and heart can be, where the transparent glass allo...
Category
2010s Italian Globes
Materials
Iron
Mid Century Modern Columbus Earth globe by Columbus Verlag Paul Oestergaard
Located in München, DE
Beautiful 1950s Columbus terrestrial globe. Scale 1:48,000,000.
Produced by Columbus Verlag Paul Oestergaard K.G. Berlin and Stuttgart.
Base made of shiny walnut wood. The globe is m...
Category
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Globes
Materials
Bakelite, Walnut
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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