Antique Philip's Merchant Shipper's Globe

A traditional style Japanese four panel folding screen depicting a flower cart full of red and white flowers. 10198

A Japanese folding screen with four panels depicting eight seated samurai in a structure surrounded by trees on a gold background. 10197

Pair of Brazilian hardwood geometric bookends, unmarked. 6" H x 5.75" W x 3.25" D. Dealer: S138XX

Louis XVI manner trompe l'oeil faux architectural four panel screen, each painted in the style of wood paneling or boiseries. Noticeable staining on some panels but in good structura...

Edo Pariod Japanese two-panel screen depicting cranes on a willow branch. 3992

Indo-Portuguese rosewood two-panel screen, potentially originating from Goa, India. Here's a breakdown of its key features: Origin: Indo-Portuguese (combining Indian and Portuguese...

A stylish celestial globe on a brass inclined plain mount attached to original square bakelite base and secured at the top by a brass acorn finial. By George Philip and Son; circa 1935...

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...

Very beautiful Terrestrial Globe made by Philips Londre based on the maps of Taride Paris Boulevard Saint Germain The Terrestrial Globe has a very beautiful cast iron base decorated...

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...

A substantial 14 inch gesso terrestrial globe by Philips of London on brass inclined plain mount attached to original turned wooden based upright with axes secured at the top by a br...

Hutton-Clarke Antiques is delighted to present a French globe dating back to circa 1900. This piece boasts a considerable size and stands on an elegant cast iron base, featuring paw ...