6-Inch Terrestrial Table Globe
C.S. Hammond & Co., c. 1925-30

This item is sold.  It has been placed here in our online archives as a service for researchers and collectors.

C.S. Hammond & Co. 6-Inch Table Globe
Globe detail Globe detail
Globe detail Cartouche
C.S. Hammond & Co.
6-Inch Terrestrial Table Globe
New York, Brooklyn, Boston: c. 1925-30
Mahogany stand
8 inches high, 9 inches diameter horizon
Sold, please inquire as to the availability of similar items.

A handsome small terrestrial globe, an ideal size for desk or shelf.

The terrestrial globe surmounted by metal hour circle, with full calibrated gilt meridian, in a mahogany stand comprised of four balusters supporting a horizon band on a rounded x-form base.  Oceans are green (yellowed blue), geographic entities are various cream and green tones.  Steamship routes indicated.  Leningrad is shown indicating a date after 1924, and Constantinople rather than Istanbul is shown, indicating a date before c. 1930-32.  The cartography is fairly detailed even though this is a small globe.

Read more about C.S. Hammond in our Guide to Globe Makers.

Cartouche: HAMMOND’S/ 6 INCH/ TERRESTRIAL GLOBE/ COPYRIGHT / C.S. HAMMOND & CO./ New York Brooklyn Boston