The Kittinger Company
8-Inch Terrestrial Table Globe
Buffalo, New York : c. 1924-30
W. & A.K. Johnston, Edinburgh & A.J. Nystrom, Chicago (globe gores)
Turned wood Georgian style stand
15.5 inches high; 12 inches diameter overall
$1,900
8-Inch Terrestrial Table Globe
Kittinger: c. 1924-30
Kittinger: c. 1924-30
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The terrestrial globe is surmounted by a metal hour ring within a calibrated full metal meridian, the circular horizon band with paper calendar and zodiac, raised on a turned hardwood stand with four legs joined by a cross stretcher. This handsome stand is the style of English Georgian globes of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Geographic entities are in shades of yellow, green, orange and tan with darker outlines. Oceans are greenish blue and ocean currents are indicated by light yellow wavy lines.
The globe shows present-day St. Petersburg, Russia, as "Leningrad," therefore it was made after 1924. Further, it shows Constantinople rather than Istanbul, indicating a date of manufacture before 1930.
Read more about The Kittinger Company in our Guide to Globe Makers.
Circular Overlabel: 8 INCH [above label]/ TERRESTRIAL/ GLOBE/ Kittinger Company/ INCORPORATED/ Manufacturers/ 1893 Elmwood Ave., BUFFALO, N.Y,/
Additional Legend Below Cartouche:
Railways
Cables
International Date Line
[Description of latitude/longitude]
PRINTED IN EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND
Copyright
Condition: Generally very good with the usual expected light scattered surface wear, toning, discoloration, and abrasions, all restored. Crack in metal meridian, restored.