Weber Costello
8-Inch Terrestrial Table Globe

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Weber Costello 8-Inch Globe
Weber Costello 8-Inch Globe Weber Costello 8-Inch Globe
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Weber Costello
8-Inch Terrestrial Table Globe
Chicago Heights: c. 1930s
14 inches high
Sold, please inquire as to the availability of similar items.

An attractive medium-sized table globe, on traditional cast iron cabriole leg stand, appropriate for desk or shelf display.  The terrestrial globe is surmounted by a round brass finial and tin hour circle, canted at an angle on a copper-finished tripod iron stand with raised foliate decoration and cabochons between the cabriole legs, ending in paw feet.  Oceans colored green, faded from a bluer tone.  The geographic entities are in cream, earth tones and green.

Read more about Weber Costello in our Guide to Globe Makers.

Circular cartouche: 8 INCH GLOBE/ MADE BY/ WEBER/ COSTELLO CO./ CHICAGO HEIGHTS/ ILLINOIS

Weber-Costello diamond cipher, above cartouche:  TIME TESTED/ W.C./ SCHOOL SUPPLIES

Additional legend: COPYRIGHT G.W. BACON & CO. LTD LONDON/ Printed in England


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