"Library Terrestrial Globe On Stand, Late 19th Early 20th Century"
Large terrestrial globe in papier maché and plaster, fixed in its wooden basket: the spindles are painted with the continents (decoratively), the complete meridian is in brass; the hour circle is decorated with the signs of the zodiacAs early as the Renaissance, libraries and other rooms dedicated to culture presented large globes representing the Earth as it was known at the time, as well as its counterpart, a celestial globe
Certain globes of this size could have been transformed into a bar
Traces of wear, lack of paper (north pole), wear and missing on the base (old restorations)
Late 19th early 20th century
Height 95 cm
Total diameter: 85 cm
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