George Philip & Son
Betts’s Portable Globe
London: c. 1914-24
Cloth on collapsible wire support
16-inches diameter, 28 inches high
Tube: 28.5 inches long, 3 inches diameter
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Betts Patent Portable Globe
George Philip, London: 1914-24
George Philip, London: 1914-24
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A 16-inch diameter terrestrial collapsible globe, in original tube, marked Betts’s Patent Portable Globe. The globe is mounted on a black enameled brass umbrella-type frame with suspension loop. The countries are colored individually. It shows St. Petersburg, Russia, as Petrograd, which dates it to between 1914 and 1924.
John Betts (fl. 1839-63) was a London publisher of educational material. A similar Betts globe is illustrated and described by Dekker and van der Krogt in The World In Your Hands: “[this globe was] first produced by John Betts, and after his death, reissued by the geographical publishers George Philip and Son until the early part of this century.”
George Philip & Son began as a map and atlas publisher in Liverpool, England in 1834. In 1902, the firm relocated to London and emerged as one of the major globe producers of the 20th century. Read more on our Guide to Globe Makers.
Round Cartouche: BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT/ BETTS’S/ PORTABLE/ TERRESTRIAL GLOBE. COMPILED FROM/ THE LATEST AND BEST AUTHORITES/ British Empire colored/ red./ LONDON. GEORGE PHILIP & SON. 32 FLEET STREET/ LIVERPOOL. PHILIP SON & NEPHEW LTD. 20 CHURCH STREET/ PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN