Victorian Parlor Oak Stand
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Gilman Joslin |
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This terrestrial globe has calibrated nickel-plated hour circles at the north and south poles and is mounted within a calibrated full nickel-plated meridian. The horizon band is decorated with an engraved paper calendar and zodiac. The whole is supported by a Victorian parlor dark-stained oak tripod stand with shaped supports above central baluster standard on cabriole legs ending in snake feet. Geographical entities are in tones of in tones of green, dark pink, light pink, blue, with some outlined in red, the oceans are uncolored. “Dacotah” is shown as one territory and the Atlantic cable is indicated by a continuous black line between Ireland and Newfoundland. Various keys, information, and the maker’s name are printed on the horizon band rather than directly on the globe. This Joslin 16-inch globe was originally designed by Charles Copley (fl. 1843-69), a map and globe publisher and engraver working in Brooklyn, New York. He is well known for his sea charts, published by Charles Copley and Sons in the mid 19th century. In 1852, he copyrighted a pair of 16-inch terrestrial and celestial globes and received a gold medal for them at the Fair of the American Institute in New York in the same year. In the 1870s and 1880s, Copley’s globes were revised and reissued by the prominent American globe makers Gilman Joslin and the Franklin group. Read more about Joslin on our Guide to Globe Makers. Maker’s information on horizon band: IMPROVED GLOBE, BOSTON. MANUFACTURED BY GILMAN JOSLIN,/ CORRECTED TO DATE. |
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