Description
Oceans are green, geographical entities shaded in green and various faded other colors, some geographic entities outlined in green. The Dakotas are named “DAK” as one territory, Oklahoma is shown as “IND TER” (Indian Territory) and Alaska is shown. “South Pass, Longs Pk. and Pikes Peak” are indicated in the Rocky Mountains. The outline of the southeastern point of Nevada extends to a full triangle, and Montana and Idaho are irregularly shaped. Isothermal lines, probably for January, are shown in blue, with associated degree numerals, but not indicated in key. Red isothermal lines are either not present or quite faded. Ocean currents are indicated in white. There is an elongated oval analemma.
This globe is noteworthy for the use of Gothic motifs in the stand, in this case in the form of trefoils and quatrefoils. In America in the second half of the 19th century, there were numerous successive periods of revivals — designs based on traditional styles but with a Victorian interpretation. The use of motifs of the latest Victorian revival style, in this case Gothic Revival, is characteristic of American globes; designers of stands often would utilize the styles of decorative arts movements of the period. Moreover, iron was a favored material of American globe makers for use in stands. By contrast, well into the late 19th century, British globe makers favored mahogany or ebonized wood, and the stands that some of them produced were virtually identical to those of the earlier Georgian period or followed designs that had become popular in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
For information on A.H. Andrews, please see our Guide to Globe Makers.
Cartouche: ANDREW’s/ Eight Inch/ Terrestrial Globe,/ With latest discoveries and/ Oceanic Currents/ A.H. ANDREWS & CO. Chicago, Ill.
References:
An Illustrated Catalogue of Improved School Furniture and School Supplies. New York: Baker, Pratt & Co., 19 Bond Street, 1879, p. 42. (Shows one very similar but slightly different quatrefoil decoration.)
Andrews Broadside. (Show one nearly identical but with slightly different quatrefoil decoration.)
How to Use Globes in the School and Family, 16th Ed., Chicago: A.H. Andrews & Company, 215-221 Wabash Avenue, 1888. (Cover illustration very similar but with a slightly different quatrefoil decoration.)
