C. S. Hammond 6-Inch Table Globe
Gilt Florentine Stand

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6-Inch Terrestrial Table Globe detail: USA
detail: cartouche 6-Inch Terrestrial Table Globe
C.S. Hammond & Co.
6-Inch Terrestrial Table Globe
New York, Brooklyn, Boston: c. 1930s
Gilt wood incised and red painted rectangular stand
9 inches high
Sold, please inquire as to the availability of similar items.

The terrestrial globe in calibrated full meridian, supported by a pair of flanking wooden baluster uprights set on a gilt-wood rectangular base decorated in the Florentine taste with incised foliate and geometrical designs with painted red highlights.

The stand is particularly suitable for library use, the front edge bearing a likeness to a leather bound book spine, and of small size for use on bookshelf or desk.

Oceans green. Geographical entities cream or green. Figure 8 analemma. Steamship routes shown.

For more information on C.S. Hammond, see our Guide to Globe Makers.

Cartouche: HAMMOND'S/ 6 INCH/ TERRESTRIAL GLOBE/ COPYRIGHT/ C.S. HAMMOND & CO./ NEW YORK BROOKLYN BOSTON