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Globes For Sale
A small didactic terrestrial globe by Columbus, Germany 1920.
Located in Milan, IT
On a wooden base worked on the lathe, with a circular foot, wavy profile and high leg, with original patina, there is a small globe, published by Columbus, Berlin. The globe is made ...
Category
Early 20th Century German Globes
Materials
Paste, Wood, Paper
German Political Globe
Located in Vienna, AT
German political globe. Fitted with E27 socket from the 1950s.
Category
1950s German Vintage Globes
Materials
Glass, Wood
Large Vintage Anglo-Indian Paint Decorated Globe
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Unusual, vintage Anglo-Indian globe or orb crafted in ebonized wood and decorated in an elaborate well thought painted pattern. Presented on a classic brass clad stand.
Category
20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Globes
Materials
Paint
Small French 20th Century Terrestrial Globe on Turned Black Wooden Base
Located in Atlanta, GA
A small French terrestrial globe from the 20th century, with metal protractor and circular black wooden base. Created in France during the 20th century, this terrestrial globe is con...
Category
20th Century French Globes
Materials
Metal
Nystrom Globe Mid Century 1960s
Located in New York, NY
Mid Century 1960s Globe by Nystrom. Globe is 12 inches and supported by a wood stand. Globe can be removed from stand.
Category
Mid-20th Century Globes
Materials
Wood
1850 Old French Map Depicting the Entire Earth's Surface Divided into Two Parts
Located in Milan, IT
Geographical map depicting the entire earth's surface divided into two parts that correspond to the two hemispheres or globes, the map deals with the earth in general. Detailed expla...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Globes
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Old Map Depicting the Entire Earth's Surface Divided into Six Parts France 1850
Located in Milan, IT
Map depicting the entire earth's surface divided into six parts which depicts the position of peoples on Earth based on the assumption that it is impossible for each people to have t...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Globes
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
1850 Old French Map Depicting the Entire Earth's Surface Divided into Two Parts
Located in Milan, IT
Geographical map depicting the entire earth's surface divided into two parts that correspond to the two hemispheres divided into small climatic zones that depict the climatic trend f...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Globes
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Antique Rand McNally Terrestrial Globe, Glass, Light Up, Unusual Bronze Base
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Rand McNally terrestrial globe, glass, light up, unusual bronze decorative base. Glass world globe in great original condition, stylized neoc...
Category
1930s American Neoclassical Revival Vintage Globes
Materials
Bronze
Handsome Freestanding Globe on Wrought Iron Base
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Tall freestanding globe on hand wrought iron stand with neutral colors.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Globes
Materials
Wrought Iron
1980s Decorative Globe with Metal Base
Located in Marbella, ES
Decorative globe with a classic design, mounted on a satin-finished metal base. The globe features an updated political map in warm tones, with embossed details and legible typograph...
Category
Late 20th Century European Globes
Materials
Metal
1850 Old French Map Depicting the Entire Earth's Surface Divided into Two Parts
Located in Milan, IT
Geographical map depicting the entire earth's surface divided into two parts that correspond to the two hemispheres where the emerged lands are depicted which have been classified wi...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Globes
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Sculptural Relief World Globe by Nystrom
Located in Buffalo, NY
Sculptural relief world globe by Nystrom, wonderful design, aluminum stand, raised graphics, nice color and patina. Measures: 16".
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Globes
Materials
Composition, Aluminum
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
Terrestrial World Globe on Iron Stand by George F. Cram and Co. circa 1946
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate an office or a study with this elegant antique globe. Crafted in Indianapolis, Indiana circa 1946, the collectible piece sits on a bronze painted cast iron tripod base decor...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Globes
Materials
Iron
Mid-Century Modern Trimline Push Button Rotary Telephones 3 Models Available
By AT&T
Located in Port Jervis, NY
C1970 trimline telephones by 3 different companies. Different colors and the sizes are basically the same they do vary slughtly.
All have the necessary cords to plug in. No damage t...
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage Globes
Materials
Steel, Chrome
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
Brass Globe Cigarette Holder and Ashtray/Coin Dish, circa 1960
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
An original mid-century brass cigarette holder and ashtray or coin dish. The lid slides open on the globe's axis to reveal a metal interi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Globes
Materials
Metal, 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
A terrestrial globe by Földgömb, Hungary circa 1930.
Located in Milan, IT
Medium-sized paper mache terrestrial globe on a turned maple wood base. The globe is tilted and connected to the base by a metal stand. Published by Földgömb. Budapest, Hungary circa...
Category
Early 20th Century Hungarian Globes
Materials
Metal
Early 20th c. England and Wales Perrier Motor Map c.1910
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
Large bright vivid color-printed Perrier Motor Map, featuring the motoring roads of England and Wales. Segmented in two sections and mounted to original linen back, folded int...
Category
Early 20th Century British Victorian Globes
Materials
Paper, Linen
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
$5,357 / item
A Library Terrestrial Globe On Stand From J.forest Paris From The 19th Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Very beautiful library globe made by J.Forest Paris rue de Buci from the 19th century
globes on stands are the rarest. This one made by J. Forest, a famous publishing house in Paris...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Globes
Materials
Paper
MCM Repogle World Horizon Series Lighted World Globe on Custom Pine Stand
Located in Topeka, KS
Wonderful Repogle World Horizon Series lighted 12” diameter plastic world globe, metal axle, and a custom pine Stand. Beautiful condition with wear as you would expect with a vintage piece. Please see photos, Circa 1950-1980.
See the world in a different light…. this is a fabulous Mid-Century Modern World Horizon Series lighted world globe...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Globes
Materials
Metal
Contemporary American Rotating Metal Globe on Stand
Located in Queens, NY
Contemporary American openwork metal globe rotates along its axis at a tilted angle, mounted on a scroll form metal stand.
Wear to finish
Category
20th Century American Modern Globes
Materials
Metal
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
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
Globe Ropogle 1960s Mid Century
Located in New York, NY
Mid century 1960s Repogle Globe.
Category
Mid-20th Century Globes
Materials
Chrome
An English POCKET GLOBE with dial for time zones
Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL
NEWTON & SON (fl.1840-61)
AN ENGLISH POCKET GLOBE WITH A DIAL FOR TIME ZONES, CIRCA 1835
A previously unrecorded stand for an early-19th-century English globe.
A 3-inch (7.6cm.) di...
Category
1830s British Other Antique Globes
Materials
Mahogany
$11,904 Sale Price
20% Off
1960s Replogle 'Comprehensive' Illuminated Globe on Walnut Base
Located in Brooklyn, NY
1960s Replogle 'Comprehensive' globe composed of paper gores over plastic with a cast aluminum half-meridian all mounted to a walnut base equipped with two upright dividers for paper...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Globes
Materials
Aluminum
Vintage Cram's 16" Physical Political Terrestrial Illuminated Lighted Globe
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage George F. Cram Co. 16" Physical Political Terrestrial Illuminated Lighted Globe. Circa Mid to Late 20th Century. Measurements: 22" H x 22" W x 16" D.
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Globes
Materials
Fiberglass
Vintage French Globe by Girard, Barrere & Thomas, circa 1940s
Located in San Francisco, CA
Vintage French Girard, Barrere & Thomas 10" Globe Terrestre, circa 1940s
A nice vintage 10" globe on stand for your desktop or bookcase
The globe is 10" diameter atop an 8" sta...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Globes
Materials
Wood, Paper
Early 20th c. Ireland Perrier Motor Map c.1910
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
Large bright vivid color-printed Perrier Motor Map, featuring the motoring roads of Ireland. Mounted to original linen back, folded into a cloth waterproof slipcase. Manufactu...
Category
Early 20th Century British Victorian Globes
Materials
Linen, Paper
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
Midcentury Mahogany Floor Globe by Replogle
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Mid-century era floor globe featuring a steel globe suspended by a mahogany stand. The globe rotates 360 degrees on two point axis comprised of metal ball bearings.
Manufactured by ...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Globes
Materials
Steel
$2,055 Sale Price
35% Off
A traveling small globe signed Klinger, Nüremberg 1820.
Located in Milan, IT
On a tripod base with ivory peduncles, a leg with a wavy profile rises. The brass half meridian is connected to it, which at its ends supports the axis of the small globe. The base i...
Category
Early 19th Century German Antique Globes
Materials
Brass
Pair of Table Globes by G & J Cary, Dated 1800 and 1821
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A pair of 12 inch table globes by G & J Cary, dated 1800 and 1821, each with hand-painted gores, set in mahogany stands with a turned support raised on t...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Globes
Materials
Mahogany
A Large Italian Mid Century Terrestrial Globe by Ricoscope
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A Large Italian Mid Century Terrestrial Globe by Ricoscope
This is a Very Large and Stylish Terrestrial Globe from the 1960s by Ricoscope, it is fully illuminated and is set on a ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Globes
Materials
Bentwood
Vintage 1982 Rand McNally Physical/Political Lighted Light Up World Globe
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage 1982 Rand McNally Physical/Political Lighted Light Up World Globe. Circa 1982. Measurements: 17" H x 13" W x 12" D.
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Globes
Materials
Plastic
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
American Studio Globe Stand with Globe by Woodworker Bud Tullis in 1981, Signed
By Bud Tullis
Located in Berlin, DE
Rare American Studio Globe stand with a 16 inch globe (40 cm) by Woodworker Bud Tullis in 1981, signed.
Category
1980s American American Craftsman Vintage Globes
Materials
Walnut
Earth globe from 1930 Germany
Located in Vienna, AT
Earth globe from 1930 Germany black wooden base with small compass, original
Category
1930s Vintage Globes
Materials
Wood
Four Foot Brass Globe
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This standing globe in all brass features engraved map of the worlds countries. A beautiful eye catching piece for home or office.
Please confirm location NY or NJ
Category
20th Century Globes
Materials
Brass
1850 Old French Map Depicting the Entire Earth's Surface Divided into Two Parts
Located in Milan, IT
Map depicting the entire earth's surface divided into two parts corresponding to the two hemispheres and showing the Arctic to Antarctic polar circle, the tropics of Cancer and Capri...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Globes
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
A 15-inch terrestrial floor globe by Nims & Co
By H.B. Nims & Co.
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A 15-inch terrestrial floor globe by Nims & Co, set within a brass meridian and a mahogany horizon ring with the signs of the zodiac and a panel stating ‘Manufactured by H.B. Nims & ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Globes
Materials
Brass
Pair of Table Globes by J & W Newton, Dated 1820
By John & William Newton
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A pair of 12 inch table globes by J & W Newton, dated 1820, each with 12 hand coloured gores, graduated meridian rings, set within ebonised stands with t...
Category
1820s English Regency Antique Globes
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Globe by Weber Costello Co. Ornate Cast Iron Base
By Costello
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderful Large size world globe on ornate copper flashed cast iron base... Showing signs of wear,,minor loses,(see photos).. Approx 3" dent to bottom (un...
Category
1920s American Industrial Vintage Globes
Materials
Iron
German 4" Miniature Globe On Stand
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A late 19th century German miniature globe on ebonised stand with a compass set in the base.
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Globes
Materials
Ebony
Pair of American 20th Century Globes
Located in Haywards Heath, GB
One globe of the world, one of celestial view
Made in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Category
20th Century American Globes
Materials
Pine
$960 / set
Pair of Floor Standing Globes by Gilman Joslin
By Gilman Joslin
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A pair of 16-inch floor standing globes by Gilman Joslin, each set into a cast-iron tripod base with an acanthus-leaf baluster support on three b...
Category
19th Century American Antique Globes
Materials
Iron
$66,900 / set
Tellus Globe, Blue
Located in London, GB
Continuing our collaboration with famed globe makers Bellerby & Co., LINLEY have fashioned the Tellus Globe.
This striking piece features a 50cm diamet...
Category
2010s British Globes
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
$80,280 / item
Antique Heymann Globe – Exquisite Cartographic Masterpiece with Compass
Located in Hamburg, DE
This exquisite antique globe, crafted before the outbreak of World War I, is a rare and captivating piece that epitomizes the craftsmanship of its era. Produced by the renowned Ludwi...
Category
1890s Belle Époque Antique Globes
Materials
Glass, 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
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
Steel, Metal
Mid 19th Century French Globe on Carved Walnut Base Signed Ch. Perigot, Paris
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate an office or a desk with this beautifully preserved antique terrestrial globe. Crafted in France, circa 1870, the terrestrial piece sits on a Napoleon III walnut pedestal base. The brass stem holds the 12" swivel globe which is signed Ch...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Globes
Materials
Brass
A fine pair of miniature globes on stands
By Karl Muller
Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL
A rare pair of miniature terrestrial and celestial globes.
by K. Müller, 1822
Karlsruhe, Germany
Diameter globes: 7 cm. Total high: 14,5 cm.
Each with 12 hand-coloured engraved p...
Category
Early 19th Century German International Style Antique Globes
Materials
Hardwood, Paper
$13,392 Sale Price
25% Off
Superb Pair of Delamarche Table Globes
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A wonderful pair of 19th century table globes by Mansion Delamarche Paris, in superb original condition. The 12" globes in the original lacquered and gilt decorated stands.
Category
1860s French Antique Globes
$40,483 / set
Double Axis Scan Globe A/S with Raised Topography A good quality Desk Globe
By Danemark
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Double Axis Scan Globe A/S with Raised Topography
A good quality Desk Scan Globe A/S (©Replogle Chicago, Hassing Kopenhagen Corporation) in Denmark, with a double axis, rotating protractors and relief raised map...
Category
1960s Art Deco Vintage Globes
Materials
Paper
Philips 10 Inch Challenge Globe
Located in Norwich, GB
Philips 10 inch challenge globe
Philips 10 inch globe standing on a raised oak chamfered base and resting on a rectangular oak base incorporating a ribbon p...
Category
1950s English Vintage Globes
Materials
Oak
Fine Pair of Cary’s Floor Standing Library Globes
By Cary’s
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
The terrestrial with cartouche printed “Cary’s new terrestrial globe exhibiting the tracks and discoveries made by Captain Cook; also those of Captain Vancouver on the North West Coa...
Category
1810s British Antique Globes
Materials
Oak
$226,431 / set
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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