795.00 USD
This vintage C. S. Hammond world globe has a remarkable cast metal Art Deco era base with beautiful details and a lovely patina of age.
A rarity, the vintage terrestrial globe has a 9 inch diameter, paper map gores over a hollow steel orb, a finely wrought cast iron base with a half meridian finished in green, and a time dial at the North Pole. The vintage globes shows the principle steamship routes with distance in nautical miles, principle transcontinental railways circa 1930.
The world globe shows political boundaries as they stood in the late 1920s indicating the Chinese Republic (1912 - 1949), Persia, Palestine, French Indo-China, Japanese Empire, Indian Empire, Dutch East Indies, French Equatorial Africa, British Somaliland, Italian Somaliland, French West Africa, Belgian Congo, South Rhodesia, North Rhodesia, Bechuanaland, Portuguese East Africa, South West Africa (Damara Land), Orange Free State shown in the Union of South Africa (dissolved 1902?), Transjordan (1921 - 1946), Istanbul indicated with Constantinople in brackets, as well as other outdated political entities.
This is a very old world globe showing age appropriate wear with dulling to the paper gores, dings, marks, scratches, and paper loss most notably at the South Pole and in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the United States where the steel orb is showing through (see photographs 4 & 5). The cast iron art deco case is clearly marked "C.S. Hammond & Co. Brooklyn, N.Y."
Hammond's 9 Inch Terrestrial Globe
Principle Steamship Routes with distance in nautical miles
Principle Transcontinental Railways
C.S. Hammond & Co, Copyright
Patent Pending
New York, Brooklyn, Boston
Circa late 1920s - 1930
Approximately 15" Tall
7 1/2" Base Diameter
9" Wide
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