18-Inch Art Nouveau Floor Globe
W. & A. K. Johnston, c. 1907
W. & A. K. Johnston, c. 1907
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The 18-inch terrestrial globes with metal hour discs at North and South Poles,
in full graduated metal meridian, the horizon with engraved paper calendar and
zodiac, raised on an tripod bronzed-metal stand in the Art Nouveau taste, with
three out-swept splayed legs having foliate raised decoration and ending in glass
ball feet held by metal claws. The globe made up of two sets of twelve gores, the equatorial graduated in degrees in both directions, hours and minutes, the ecliptic graduated in days and showing symbols for the houses of the Zodiac, the Greenwich meridan and ecquinoctial colure graduated in degrees, showing Mean Isothermal Lines for January and July, the oceans with an analemma, submarine telegraph cables and ocean currents indicated, the continents finely detailed, with nation states colored in shades of yellow, orange and green, the Antarctic with projected coastline but little detail. Oklahoma is shown as a state, having achieved statehood in 1907, the date of the globe. British manufacturer W. & A.K. Johnston was among the most important figures in the production of globes in the late 19th Century and early 20th Century, and their globes were often imported and sold by American companies such as Hammett. For more about Johnston globes, see our Guide to Globe Makers. Globe surface with the usual bit of toning and wear, but with nice warm color and still very good and readable. Circular Overlabel With Johnston Royal Crest Above Visible: 18 INCH/ GLOBE/ J.L Hammett Co./ Boston, Mass. Key Below Cartouche: Railways Shewn [sic.] thus Submarine Telegraph Cables thus Black Mean Isothermal lines for January Blue Mean Isothermal lines for July Red International Date Line COPYRIGHT 1907 By W. & A.K. JOHNSTON Ltd. |