10-in-columbus-i-aardglobe-i-with-bronze-silenus-base
Lot 3
10 in. Columbus Aardglobe, with Bronze Silenus Base
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Globe circa 1930, gores printed in Dutch, cartouche marked "Aardglobe / door /
Dr. R. Neuse / Nederlandse bewerking van / R. E. Kaltofen / Leraar Rijks H.B.S. Utrecht / UITGAVE ERVEN J. BIJLEVELD / Utrecht / Columbus-Verlag G. m. b. H. / Berlin / Lichterfelde," with full brass meridian ring, mounted atop an early 20th century patinated bronze base figuring Silenus as Atlas, atop a black marble terrace.

31 x 16 x 11 in.

Private Collection of an Antiquarian, Charlotte, North Carolina

Good estate condition; minor toning to gores; meridian without numbered degree marks; small area of peel to gore edge at South America.