Carl Adami 13 inch terrestrial globe, Berlin, dated 1900.

A rare late 19th century oil lamp with a globe shade and base decorated with a castle set in a rural scene, circa 1885. Northern Europe...

A 1950’s ship’s gimble mounted compass by C.M. Hammer, Gothenburg, of Sweden. Marked: C.M. HAMMAR GOTEBORG 3553 Compass card by Observator of Rotterdam. Pine case. Carl Mauritz...

A mid twentieth century Campbell–Stokes sunshine recorder, by Casella & Co, London. Pattern: Mk III C 45- 65 (latitudes 45° – 65°, North or South). 4 inch glass sphere. Serial number: 6962 Marked: CASELLA LONDON MADE IN ENGLAND 6962 For similar Casella sunshine recorders see the collections of: Science Museum, London. OBJECT NUMBER:1995-820. The National Museum of the Royal New Zealand Navy, Torpedo Bay, New Zealand. The Campbell–Stokes sphere is used to record sunshine. It was invented by John Francis Campbell in 1853 and modified in 1879 by Sir George Gabriel Stokes. The original design by Campbell consisted of a glass sphere set into a wooden bowl with the sun burning a trace on the bowl. Stokes’s refinement was to make the housing out of metal and to have a card holder set behind the sphere. C. F. Casella and Co: Established in 1810 as Tagliabue and Casella. Incorporated as a limited liability company, C. F. Casella and Co, in 1910. Circa 1930: C. F. Casella and Co Ltd., of Regent House, Britannia Walk, London, N1 7ND - Makers of anemometers, anemographs, barometers, barographs, hygrometers, hygrographs, radiation instruments, rain gauges...

A French 1970's floor lamp by Maison Fournier. The shade is carved to represent the lower part of the earth's southern hemisphere, depicting Islands...

Terrestrial globe in watercolored paper, fixed with an inclined axis through a small brass arm, mounted on a black turned fruit wood base. Published by Ernst Schotte & Co. Berlin, Ge...

A large French terrestrial globe or world atlas by Girard et Barrère. This is a very large stylish French terrestrial globe from the 1930...

Terrestrial globe from the end of the 19th century from the house of G. Thomas, Publisher, Paris, 1890 Globe fixed on a central axis connected to a turned black wooden foot. The glob...

Dietrich Reimer was a significant German globe manufacturer in the 19th to early 20th centuries. His work was renowned for its highly detailed political and physical maps showing oc...