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Globes For Sale
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Large Vintage Illuminated Glass Globe
Located in Seguin, TX
Large vintage 16" circa 1960 illuminated table top glass globe. Made by Cram's, heavy glass with bronzed finish metal harp and turned wood base. Chain pull for light, pretty dark whe...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Globes
Materials
Glass, Wood
Columbus Earth Globe by Paul Oestergaard - Berlin ca. 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Columbus Earth Globe by Paul Oestergaard - Berlin ca. 1900
An antique traditional Columbus earth globe with a wonderful patina. Edited by Paul Oestergaard and revised by C. Luther, ...
Category
Early 20th Century German Victorian Globes
Materials
Paper, Wood
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
Replogle Standard Globe with Atlas, C.1950
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
A replogle standard globe with a metal bracket mounted on a metal pedestal. The original atlas slides into the base.
CREATOR Replogle.
DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1961-1964....
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Globes
Materials
Metal
Vintage 16 in. Terrestrial Globe and Tropical Colonial Style Bamboo Rattan Stand
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
This vintage terrestrial Replogle World Classic 16 in. relief globe is mounted in a lacquered Rattan Bamboo stand with four legs, each made of three stems and joined by decorative tr...
Category
Late 20th Century American British Colonial Globes
Materials
Brass
Italian Renaissance Chrome Armillary
Located in New York, NY
Italian Renaissance-style (20th Century) chrome armillary globe with a rust patina.
Category
20th Century American Renaissance Revival Globes
Materials
Chrome
Late 19th Century Small Size Globe Edited by Philips Terrestrial London
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A lovely small size antique French globe. With a wooden base, the globe itself is made of carton with paper. The map is published by Philips Terre...
Category
1890s French Belle Époque Antique Globes
Materials
Brass
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
Antique Danish Terrestrial Globe, 1900s
Located in Asaa, DK
Antique Danish terrestrial globe, 1900s.
Rare Danish terrestrial globe from the late 1800s/early 1900s. Familie-Globus (Family globe) made by Vilhelm P...
Category
Early 1900s Danish Art Nouveau Antique Globes
Materials
Wood
Standing Jro Globus, 1960s, Germany
By JRO-Verlag 1
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice Vintage JRO Globus on a Wooden base. Rare model.
On the ring a Paper telling the Months and the Zodiac in Dutch. Vintage condition.
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Globes
Materials
Wood
Jens Risom Deisgned Illuminated Globe on Teak Stand
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This beautiful vintage globe turns on its axis as mounted on a vintage teak stand. Complete with casters and interior illumination this vintage Replogle...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Globes
Materials
Teak
Mid-Century Illuminated Replogle World Floor Globe in Wood and Glass, Chicago
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
American 1950's back light green painted floor globe by Replogle, Mid-Century Modern.
Remarkable and charming Chicago made world globe featur...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Globes
Materials
Steel
Large Terrestrial Globe From Handels Und Verkehrsglobus 69cm High
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Superb terrestrial globe by Handels Und Verkehrsglobus from the beginning of the 20th century from Leipzig
Very large model which has a height of 69 cm and a very beautiful blackene...
Category
Early 20th Century German Aesthetic Movement Globes
Materials
Paper
Earth Globe Black and Teak N°1 Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture Earth Globe Black and Teak n°1 all
in hand-carved natural teak root and with black
volcanic sand. On swivel base with easy
rotative syste...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Balinese Globes
Materials
Sandstone
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
Large French Terrestrial Globe or World Atlas by Girard Et Barrère
Located in Chillerton, 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
Replogle Globe on Stand World Classic Series Standing Globe
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Replogle 16 inch diameter globe on stand world classic series standing. Item features a heavy iron base and frame, wooden accents, fiberglass globe, very nice item, great style and f...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Globes
Materials
Iron
Vintage Dennoyer-Geppert Celestial Globe
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Dennoyer-Geppert Celestial Globe designed by Commander Stubbs RNR (Royal Navy) for classroom astronomy demonstration purposes (ca. 1930, Chicago, IL.). Composed of paper gores in olive green over a hollow metal core, featuring an adjustable cast-metal meridian with bronze finish and a wood horizon...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Globes
Materials
Metal
Large Sculptural Belgian Globe Floor Stand
By Ludo Verbeke
Located in BUSSUM, NH
Large Globe floor stand, metal, resin, Belgium, 1950s.
Beautiful globe on a floor stand. The reserved, almost monochromatic color scheme in black ...
Category
1950s Belgian Modern Vintage Globes
Materials
Metal
Large Columbus Terrestrial Globe
Located in Cheshire, GB
Columbus terrestrial globe raised up on circular base.
Dimensions
Height 19.5 Inches
Width 14.5 Inches
Depth 14.5 Inches.
Category
Mid-20th Century British Globes
Materials
Oak
Large Sculptural Belgian Globe Floor Stand 1950s
By Ludo Verbeke
Located in BUSSUM, NH
Large Globe floor stand, metal, resin, Belgium, 1950s.
Beautiful globe on a floor stand. The reserved, almost monochromatic color scheme in black ...
Category
1950s Belgian Modern Vintage Globes
Materials
Metal
Vintage Industrial Style Manually Operational Astrological Planetarium
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Industrial-style astrological chart with terrestrial tin litho globe and light feature. Unique piece, closest to a Tellurium, Planetarium or Trippensee in categorization, though lack...
Category
1950s American Vintage Globes
Materials
Metal, Steel, Tin
Vintage Replogle Articulating Globe on Brass Stand, Ca. 1970
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Vintage Replogle articulating globe on brass stand, ca. 1970. Globe dates to the late 60's, early 70's based on geographic name changes, etc. Beautifu...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Globes
Materials
Brass
Antique Terrestrial Globe by German Institute Ráths on Brass and Marble Base
Located in Casteren, NL
Antique terrestrial globe by Prof. Dr. Arthur Krause made by the German institute Ráths. The globe has a scale size of 1 : 38.600.900. The globe rests on...
Category
1930s German Vintage Globes
Materials
Marble, Brass
Earth Globe Black and Teak N°2 Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture Earth globe black and teak n°2 all
in hand-carved natural teak root and with black
volcanic sand. On swivel base with easy
rotative syste...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Balinese Globes
Materials
Sandstone
Vintage Bakelite, Sheet Metal / Tin Globe from the 1950s, West Germany
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Vintage Globe from the 1950s.
Specially made on the subject of aviation.
Depicted with all kinds of flying lines.
Made by the company M.S. Germany.
The globe is made of Tin and the stand is Bakelite.
Globe and stand...
Category
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Globes
Materials
Metal
Italian Renaissance Armillary Globe
Located in New York, NY
2 Italian Renaissance-style small globe2 on wood decorated stand (PRICED EACH).
Category
20th Century Renaissance Globes
Materials
Metal
Crystal Sphere on Brass Dolphin Base
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Crystal sphere with controlled bubbles supported by three brass dolphins.
Category
20th Century Globes
Materials
Crystal, Brass
German Political Globe JRO Multi-Globus
By JRO-Verlag 1
Located in Vienna, AT
German Globe circa 1960 printed by JRO Globus Munchen, Bauhaus style
Fitted with E27 socket from the 1960s.
Category
1960s German Bauhaus Vintage Globes
Materials
Glass, Wood
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
1950s Replogle Glass Illuminated Precision Globe
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This 10" 'Precision' Globe was manufactured in the early 1950s by Replogle (Chicago, IL) and edited by cartographer, Gustav Brueckmann. Composed of paper gores over glass with a cast...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Globes
Materials
Metal, Brass
1889s Antique Celestial Globe Signed Gussoni e Dotti Milano Papier Maché Sphere
Located in Milan, IT
Celestial globe compiled on the Hesi & Gould catalogs by Eng. Pini and published in 1889 by Gussoni & Dotti Milano piazza del Duomo. Sphere in paper mache covered with paper printed by engraving on copper plate and hand watercolored, base in turned and ebonized wood.
Good condition, conservative restoration at the base. Measures: Height 45 cm, inche 17.8, sphere diameter 22 cm 8.7.
Giovanni Gussoni in 1874 bought the business of Antonio Ronchi typographer in Via Unione 5 in Milan, and then moved in 1883 to the shop of the Southern Porticoes in Piazza Duomo. Giovanni Gussoni was followed by his son Vittorio, who on April 16, 1907 sold the company to a collaborator, Giovanni Serra, who continued the business until November 1914.
Man has always wanted to know the world in which he lives and has used all the means available to measure the space that surrounds him to expand his knowledge more and more. The conditions that allowed man to develop models of the world and space were probably realized only after...
Category
1880s Antique Globes
Materials
Paper
Art Deco Replogle Illuminated Glass Library Globe
Located in Brooklyn, NY
12" Illuminated glass library globe by Replogle (Chicago, IL, ca. 1944).
Israel is not present, Manchutikuo is present, the capital of French Indo-China...
Category
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Globes
Materials
Metal
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
Mid-Twentieth Century Illuminated Terrestrial Glass Globe by George F. Cram
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Electrified glass 10.5" Terrestrial Globe by George F. Cram Co (ca. 1951, Indianapolis, IN, USA). Composed of paper gores over glass with ocean finishes in an attractive aqua with bo...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Globes
Materials
Metal
Heirloom Globe by Replogle
Located in Pasadena, TX
1970s Replogle Illuminated glass globe on a dark brown walnut stand.
Globe has a full 360 degree turning function. Working condition and has a switc...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Industrial Globes
Materials
Steel
19th Century German Miniature Pocket Terrestrial Globe
Located in Essex, MA
A miniature 19th century 3.5 inch diameter pocket terrestrial globe by C. Abel-Klinger, Nuremberg, Germany, in English for the English speaking markets. Signed with cartouche reading...
Category
1880s German Antique Globes
Materials
Brass
Antique Hammond's 6-Inch Terrestrial Globe on Stand
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Offered here for your consideration is, A fine antique 6-inch terrestrial globe.
Additional Details:
By C.S. Hammond & Co.
The globe likely dates from 1927 to 1930 due to the ...
Category
20th Century Unknown Art Deco Globes
Materials
Wood, Paper
Floor Model Light Up Globe by Replogle Ca. 1950/1960's
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional light up floor model globe, by Replogle Globes Inc. The globe is 16 in. in diameter, it features an interior light, and restrain a solid mahogany frame. This example is i...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Globes
Materials
Glass, Mahogany, Paper
C.S. Hammond & Co. 1950s Inflatable Globe on Tripod Stand
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Hammond's International Globe (circa 1955) composed of an inflatable globe on painted metal tripod base. Images and font are large in scale and very l...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Globes
Materials
Metal
Coexist Mod Sky Glass and Brass 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
Ice Bucket Globe Earth , Large Size Mid 20th Century, 42cm
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
Large size
Beautiful ice bucket in the shape of a world ball
Beautiful and elegant piece
Serve your cocktail with elegance and distinction, with a Victor...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Other Globes
Materials
Wood
Large-Scale Vintage Military Globe / Activity Globe by A.J. Nystrom
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 Mid-Century Modern Vintage Globes
Materials
Metal
English Pocket Globe, London, Circa 1775-1798
By Herman Moll
Located in Milano, IT
Pocket globe
London, between 1775 and 1798
Re-edition of the globe of Hermann Moll (1678-1732) dated 1719
The globe is contained in its original case, which itself is covered in sh...
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Globes
Materials
Shagreen, 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
Coexist Mod Ground Glass and Brass World 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
Set of Lighted Hanging Balls Fractal Resin, 1970
Located in Saint ouen, FR
Set of lighted hanging balls
Fractal resin
1970
Provenance: night club
Excellent condition
6900€
5 Very small (orange) - Diameter 15cm
3 Small : 3 (1 red and 2 orange) - Di...
Category
1970s Vintage Globes
Materials
Resin
Industrial Military Standing Chalk Globe by A.J. Nystrom
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Large, strategic, military, painted steel, globe chalk globe by A.J. Nystrom on an adjustable 48 - 60 inches height, rolling, steel stand with ledge for chalk and eraser. The globe c...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Globes
Materials
Metal, Steel
Air Sand Globe
Located in Paris, FR
Globe air sand with structure in solid walnut wood
on polished stainless steel base. This globe is made
of a polymer and cellulose alloy, antique sand finish,
Sphere diameter: 60cm.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Globes
Materials
Stainless Steel
Monumental Italian Renaissance Globe
Located in New York, NY
Monumental Italian Renaissance-style (19/20th century) globe of world on 6 spool leg base.
Category
20th Century Renaissance Globes
Materials
Wood
Midcentury Globe on Smoked Lucite Stand
Located in San Diego, CA
Large midcentury globe on smoked Lucite stand by National Geographic, circa 1970s. This a very cool piece with removable and super colorful 16" D glo...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Globes
Materials
Lucite
Celestial Globe, Sweden, Early 19th Century
Located in Kastrup, DK
Black wooden celestial globe in original condition.
Blackened wood, horizon circle and brass rings with longitude measurements.
Mounted on wooden stand with turned legs and bun fee...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Globes
Materials
Wood
Pair of Early 19th C Cary Celestial & Terrestrial Tabletop Globes
Located in Milford, NH
A fine pair of tabletop globes on stands, the left hand colored Celestial globe with cartouche which reads “Cary's New Celestial Globe on which are corr...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Globes
Materials
Mahogany
George III Pocket Globe After Herman Moll
By Herman Moll
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A 3 inch George III pocket globe after Herman Moll, the terrestrial globe inscribed in a cartouche ‘A correct globe with the new discoveries’ and fitted within a hinged black shagreen case, the concave interior of the case applied with the engraved celestial charts...
Category
1770s English George III Antique Globes
Materials
Wood
Vintage Reploge Terrestrial World Globe
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
2-309 vintage world globe with raised surfaces set on a custom walnut wood stepped base, circa 1960.
Category
1960s Vintage Globes
Materials
Metal
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
Late 19th Century English Victorian World Globe
Located in New York, NY
English Victorian globe of the world on wrought iron filigree 3 legged base.
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Globes
Materials
Iron
Antique 19th Century Miniature French Edition Globe by C. Abel-Klinger
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique French Edition miniature globe.
By C. Abel-Klinger.
On a turned wooden stand with an uncalibrated brass half meridian.
The globe is marked with an integral l...
Category
19th Century German Neoclassical Antique Globes
Materials
Paper
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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