Iron Globes

"19th century - Terrestrial Globe E. Bertaux publisher" Polychrome printed paper globe on plaster Publisher E. Bertaux, G. Thomas successor 44 rue N.D. des Champs Paris, late 19th /...

Continental 17th Century-style globe of the world supported on an iron 3 legged base.

Decorate an office or a desk with this beautifully preserved antique terrestrial globe. Crafted in France, circa 1930, the terrestrial piece is mounted on a gilt painted cast iron tripod pedestal base decorated with shell and floral motifs. The brass stem holds the 12" swivel globe which is signed J. Forrest Paris (see picture), and stamped as such; "Globe Terrestre a l'echelle de 40,000,000, dresse par J. Forrest, Geographe, Officier de l'Instruction Publique, Girard et Barrere...

Superb terrestrial globe by L windels Brussels from the end of the 19th century circa 1900 second edition Very beautiful terrestrial globe which has an elegant cast iron base deco...

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...

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...

Midcentury standing globe from the 1960s. The topographical globe dates from the 1960s. Amazing sculptural iron floor stand. The globe spins and rotate...

Elegant Terrestrial globe G. Thomas editor Paris of the end of the 19th century Elegant cast iron tripod base in red color which is unusual and original Very beautiful patina on ...

Standing 30 inches tall and designed in the 'form follows function' way this sphere or globe has a great aesthetic presence as a sculpture and without doubt a function for people int...

Elegant J. Lebègue & Cie Bruxelles terrestrial globe from the end of the 19th century Curious and rare Globe since it was made for the use of primary education Tripod base with cla...

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Paul McCobb Style George F. Cram floor globe on wrought iron stand base. Item features wrought iron base, revolving globes, original label, very nice vinta...

Antique brass orrery planetarium made for the German market by Jan Felkl Prag in the second half of the nineteenth century. Cast iron base, papier mâché´ globe, with detailed territorial map and oceanic currents. Very good condition. Measures: Length 75 cm - 29.5 inch, height 48 cm - 18.8 inch, width 28 cm - 11 inch. Shipping in insured by Lloyd's London and the gift box is free (look at the last picture). Jan Felkl (1817-1878) was born in Bohemia and already in 1840 he had designed some globes in 6 different sizes. During the following 20 years he became the biggest maker of globes in market Austro-Hungarian, making terrestrial and celestial globes in 17 different languages, lunar globes and planetaria. Felkl showed his globes at international fairs in 1867 in Paris and in 1873 in Vienna. He established his Geographic and lithographic Institute in Prague for Making globes and maps. In 1870 he moved his factory from Prague to Roztok and his youngest son became his partner in the firm now named Felkl & Son, making globes and selling them all over the Europe and also in the Usa. Shipping is insured by Lloyd's London; our gift box is free (look at the last picture). The orrery is the most detailed and complex representation of the cosmos and in addition to the movement of stars,it includes movement of the sun, moon and planets, like a giant clock mechanism. Among these devices one of the oldest was an orrery by Archimedes, which Cicero speaks widely in Tusculanae Disputationes I, 63: when Roman troops sacked Syracuse in 212 BC, the consul Marcus Claudius Marcellus in Rome brought the instrument of Archimedes, who, thanks to his ability and divine intelligence that he possessed, had managed to generate the motions of planets, each so different, from a single rotation.
Because of heliocentric system theorized by Copernicus, it was possible to create mechanical antique orreries...