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Inlaid Pietra Dura
Brass Terrestrial Floor Globe
Located in Nottingham, GB
Inlaid Pietra Dura & Brass Terrestrial floor Globe
Captivating Pietra Dura globe featuring marble
Category
20th Century Chinese Globes
Materials
Marble
1930
s terrestrial georama globe by Philip
Sons
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
1930's terrestrial georama globe produced by Philip & Sons in United Kingdom.
Category
Vintage 1930s British Mid-Century Modern Globes
Pair of English Globes On Stand ( Terrestrial
Celestial )
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of English globes on stand with bronze meridian. One globe is Terrestrial and the other is
Category
Antique 19th Century English Globes
Vintage Terrestrial Library Globe on Stand 20th Century
Located in London, GB
A fine vintage 16 inch terrestrial library globe on stand by Herff Jones Inc, USA, Circa 1980 in
Category
Vintage 1980s Globes
Materials
Other
Terrestrial Earth Globe by Julius Heymann, circa 1890
Located in Berghuelen, DE
a large earth globe by ludwig julius heymann, berlin ca. 1890. 12 printed segments on a cardboard
Category
Antique 1890s German Globes
Small Terrestrial Earth Globe by Heymann, circa 1890
Located in Berghuelen, DE
a small earth globe by ludwig julius heymann, berlin ca. 1890. 12 printed segments on a cardboard
Category
Antique 19th Century German Arts and Crafts Globes
Materials
Wood, Cardboard
English Manning
Wells Terrestrial Floor Standing Globe, Dated 1854
Located in San Francisco, CA
An attractive 16 inch diameter terrestrial floor standing globe, made and signed by Manning & Wells
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Georgian Globes
Very Large 19th Century World Globe, France
Located in Girona, Spain
Huge 19th century globe,
Terrestrial globe
Original working cast iron stand
Stand allows globe
Category
Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
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
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Globes
Materials
Brass
Terrestrial and Celestial Globe by Smith of Large Size
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
Both16" globes in a turned mahogany stand and with the original varnish, very good colour to both
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Globes
Art Deco Indexed Terrestrial Art Globe By Rand McNally
Co.
By Rand McNally
Co.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
1930s, Art Deco, terrestrial art globe by Rand McNally & Co., Chicago with black glass base.
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Globes
Materials
Metal
C. Smith
Son Terrestrial 12" Diameter Table Globe Dated 1835
Located in San Francisco, CA
An attractive English 12" diameter terrestrial table globe made and signed by C.
Smith & Son, 172
Category
Antique 19th Century British Globes
Pair of Cary
s Terrestrial and Celestial Library Globes, 1790-1825
By Cary’s
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A pair of 21" Cary's terrestrial and celestial library globes, each set on a turned mahogany column
Category
Antique 1790s English Globes
Materials
Wood
Vintage Terrestrial Drinks Globe, Continental, Cocktail Trolley, Cabinet, C.1970
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage terrestrial drinks globe. A Continental, composite hardwood cocktail trolley
Category
Late 20th Century Globes
Materials
Hardwood
Antique Terrestrial Library Globe on Stand by Jordglob, Sweden, 1920s
Located in London, GB
A fine antique 12inch terrestrial library globe on stand by Jordglob, Stockholm Sweden, Circa 1920
Category
Vintage 1920s Swedish Globes
Materials
Brass
Georgian Terrestrial Pocket Globe by T. Harris and Son, London, 1813
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
case.
A fasinsting and rare item in wonderful condition.
The terrestrial globe inscribed 'New
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English George III Aviation Objects
Materials
Plaster
Rare 18th Century German Baroque Terrestrial Table Globe by Doppelmayr
By Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr 1
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
The globe made up of twelve hand colored engraved gores with cartouche inscribed: “Globus
Category
Antique 1730s German Baroque Globes
Materials
Brass
1949 Crams Rare Lit Art Deco Style Terrestrial Table Top Globe
By George F. Cram
Located in New York, NY
1949 Crams rare lit Art Deco style terrestrial table top globe made by The George F. Cram Co
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Globes
19th Century British Terrestrial Library Globe, George Philip
Son, C.1890
By George Philip
Son
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique late 19th century George Philip & Sons Terrestrial library globe, Smith's, in a brass
Category
Antique 19th Century British Globes
Materials
Brass
Classic Rand McNally
Co Terrestrial Table Globe with Brass Tripod Stand
By Rand McNally
Co.
Located in New York, NY
A 12 inch diameter globe terrestrial table globe made up of 12 color printed paper gores, the
Category
Vintage 1930s American American Classical Globes
Materials
Brass
20th Century British Terrestrial Library Globe, George Philip
Son, c.1920
By George Philip
Son
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
20th Century George Philip 12 inch library table globe, with eighteen applied coloured printed
Category
20th Century British Globes
Materials
Brass
Vintage 16 inch Terrestrial Library Globe on Stand Donati, Milano 20th Century
Located in London, GB
A fine vintage 16 inch walnut and gilded terrestrial library globe on stand by Donati, Milano
Category
20th Century Italian Globes
Materials
Walnut
Antique C.S. Hammonds Terrestrial Desk Globe with Cast Iron Base
Frame
By C.S. Hammond
Co.
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique desk globe was made by the C.S. Hammond & Co. of New York in approximately 1920 in the
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Globes
Materials
Iron
Vintage World Globe
Located in San Francisco, CA
Good looking globe on wood stand. Crams Terrestrial 16 inch globe.
Category
20th Century American Globes
$1,600
Cruncley Table Globe
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A good example of a terrestrial table globe in a mahogany stand by Cruncley, who took over Carys
Category
Antique 19th Century English Globes
$7,197
Antique Globe on Stand by J.Forest
Located in Houston, TX
A French terrestrial globe, pre-1924, by J.Forest. The globe is mounted offset with a brass half
Category
Early 20th Century French Maps
Pair of Globes by Dudley Adams
By Dudley Adams
Located in New Orleans, LA
A fine pair of George III-period, 12-inch celestial and terrestrial globes by Dudley Adams, son of
Category
Antique 18th Century English Other Maps
$88,500 / set
Table Globe, James Wyld, London
Located in Kastrup, DK
A terrestrial table globe, James Wyld, London.
Supported by a turned mahogany stand with three
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Globes
Materials
Wood
Impressive Globe by Rand McNally
By Rand McNally
Co.
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This large ‘Philips’ terrestrial 30" globe was made by Rand McNally & Company using English papers
Category
Early 20th Century British Globes
$105,558
Pair Of Globes Mounted On Columns
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A decorative pair of terrestrial and celestrial globes mounted on a corthian and ionic column with
Category
Antique 19th Century English Globes
Pair of Contemporary Library Floor-Standing Globes
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A pair of 21' contemporary library floor-standing globes with re-printed late 18th century Carys
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Globes
Materials
Shagreen
Light Up Library Globe on Aluminum Base
By Barrère
Thomas, Paris
Located in Atlanta, GA
Girard, Barrere, and Thomas Paris manufactured this impressive terrestrial light-up globe circa
Category
Vintage 1950s French Art Deco Globes
Materials
Aluminum, Chrome, Metal
Mid 19th Century Globes by Wyld, London, 1847
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
Mid 19th Century Globes by Wyld, London, 1847.
A pair of terrestrial and celestial 12" globes in
Category
Antique 1840s English Globes
Materials
Mahogany, Paper
$13,708 / set
A pair of Bardin/Edkins 18in library globes.
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A pair of Bardin/Edkins 18in library globes. Circa 1852. comprising a terrestrial and celestial
Category
Antique 19th Century English Globes
Earth globe with airplane-shaped base published in 1949 by Weber Costello Co.
Located in Milan, IT
inches, diametro sfera cm 30 – 11.8 inches.
Political desktop terrestrial globe with airplane-shaped
Category
Vintage 1940s Globes
Materials
Paper
Pair of Important G.F Cruchley
s Table Top Globes
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of 19th century English rare G. F. Cruchley's table top globes. Terrestrial and Celestial in
Category
Antique 19th Century English Late Victorian Globes
Materials
Brass
$18,500 / set
VintageTerrestrial Library Globe on Stand Donati, Milano 20th Century
Located in London, GB
A fine vintage walnut terrestrial sixteen inch library globe on stand in 17th Century style, by
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Globes
Materials
Walnut
Light Up Library Glass Globe on Metal Base by Barrere and Thomas France, 1950s
By Barrère
Thomas, Paris
Located in Atlanta, GA
Girard, Barrere, and Thomas Paris manufactured this impressive terrestrial light-up globe in the
Category
Vintage 1950s French Art Deco Globes
Materials
Metal, Aluminum, Chrome
18th Century George III Terrestrial Pocket Globe by Cary, Dated 1791
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
brass hook and eye clasps. The terrestrial globe, itself 3 inches in diameter, covered with copper
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English George III Aviation Objects
Materials
Plaster
Rouge Marble Globe Clock
Located in New Orleans, LA
timepieces. The terrestrial globe is rendered in painstaking detail and presents a comprehensive
Category
Antique 19th Century French Other Maps
Materials
Marble, Silver, Bronze
$44,500
A miniature globe by Bauer in a carved ‘walnut’ case
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
which opens to reveal a terrestrial globe, the land heavily outlined against pale cream seas Signed
Category
Antique 19th Century German Models and Miniatures
Materials
Walnut
$7,916 / item
QUERCIA ECLAIR Model 1929 France Art Deco Mappaemundi Desk Petrol Lighter
Located in Miami, FL
terrestrial globes on geared turntable stands, and globe-form cigarette lighters. In the 20th century, Forest
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Brass, Nickel
Rare 1800s Andrews’ Lunar Tellurian
Located in Peekskill, NY
a terrestrial globe and a moon at the end of a nickel-plated cast iron arm, operated by a gear work
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Iron
1800s Vallardi Tellurian
By Vallardi
Located in Peekskill, NY
features a 6 inch terrestrial globe turning at the end of an arm, with a wooden representation of the moon
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Industrial Scientific Instruments
$4,800
Trippensee Planetarium Company Desk Tpo Tellurian
By Trippensee Planetarium Co.
Located in Peekskill, NY
entertaining.
A geared tellurian by Trippensee, with a terrestrial globe rotating at the end of a maroon
Category
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Scientific Instruments
Pair of Mid 19th Century Terrestrial and Celestial Globes by Newtons London
Located in London, GB
A rare pair of 6 inch diameter Terrestrial & Celestial table globes by Newton & Son, 66 Chancery
Category
Antique 1840s English Victorian Scientific Instruments
Materials
Paper
ANTiQUE CIR 1880 J LEBEGUE
CIE PARIS TERRESTRIAL LITHOGRAPH GLOBE CAST IRON
By J. Lebegue
Cie
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
original Circa 1860-1880 Globe Terrestre by J Lebegue & Cie on an ornately cast swivel base
A truly
Category
Antique 1880s European Victorian Maps
Materials
Iron
19th Century English Pocket Globe By Newton, London 1817
By John
William Newton
Located in Milano, IT
bears the inscription:
NEWTON’S
New & Improved
Terrestrial
Pocket Globe
And below the cartouche
Category
Antique 1810s English George III Scientific Instruments
Materials
Leather, Paper
Pocket Globe John and William Cary, London 1791
By Cary’s
Located in Milano, IT
John and William Cary
Pocket globe
London, 1791
The pocket globe is contained in its original
Category
Antique 1790s English George III Maps
Materials
Shagreen, Paper
Antique Brass Czech Orrery Astronomical Instruments Made by Jan Felkl in 1870
By Jan Felkl
Located in Milan, IT
-Hungarian, making terrestrial and celestial globes in 17 different languages, lunar globes and planetaria
Category
Antique 1860s Czech More Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
Illumina
Rotating Terrestrial Globe, 1966
Located in London, GB
An illuminated rotating terrestrial globe depicting the nations of the Earth in 1966. Perspex axis
Category
Vintage 1960s English Mid-Century Modern Globes
Materials
Steel
Terrestrial Globe By J.forest- Paris
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Very beautiful Terrestrial Globe from the beginning of the 20th century circa 1910 by J. Forest
Category
Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Globes
Materials
Wood, Paper
Philips Six-Inch Terrestrial Globe, London, 1936
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Philips six-inch Terrestrial Globe, London, 1936
Category
Vintage 1930s Globes
Small Terrestrial Globe From J.forest - Paris
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Very beautiful little Terrestrial Globe from the beginning of the 20th century circa 1910 by J
Category
Early 20th Century French Aesthetic Movement Globes
Materials
Paper
Terrestrial Globe G.thomas Editor Paris
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Elegant Terrestrial globe G. Thomas editor Paris of the end of the 19th century
Elegant cast iron
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Globes
Materials
Iron
An Highly Unusual American Terrestrial Globe
Located in Milan, IT
An highly unusual American terrestrial globe, made out of aluminum. The circular base holds the arm
Category
Vintage 1940s American Globes
Materials
Aluminum
Donohue
Henneberry Terrestrial Globe on Stand
By Donohue
Henneberry
Located in Astoria, NY
A terrestrial globe on stand, produced circa late 19th century by Donohue
Henneberry, set on
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Globes
Materials
Brass
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Terrestrial Globes For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are several options of terrestrial globes available for sale. Each of these unique terrestrial globes was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, paper and metal. There are all kinds of terrestrial globes available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. Terrestrial globes bearing mid-century modern or Georgian hallmarks are very popular at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made terrestrial globes over the years, but those made by George Philip
Son, Cary’s and Rand McNally
Co. are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
Finding the Right Globes for You
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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