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Click here to subscribeAn 18th Century Dutch glass spirit flask of square sleeve form with canted corners engraved with repeat floral motifss all below the pewter collar and screw cap, height 16cm, together with a similar period example of compressed globe form with a short sleeve neck decorated in coloured enamels with a soldier on horseback with a verse opposing, height 14.5cm. (2)
AN EDWARDIAN CERAMIC SILVER MOUNTED MATCH STRIKE GLOBE London 1904, the body decorated with the Ace cards from the four suits, 5cm diameter, 3.9cm high; a glass match strike globe; a pair of Georgian silver mustard spoons; a pair of silver sugar tongs; a silver mounted glass pepper pot; a cake knife and a cake lift with loaded silver handles; and a similar butter knife
Templeman (Thomas). A New Survey of the Globe: or, an Accurate Mensuration of all the Empires, Kingdoms, Countries, States, Principal Provinces, Counties, & Islands in the World..., A Collection of all the Noted Sea Ports in the World..., also the Settlements & Factories, Belonging to the English, Dutch, French, Portuguese, Spaniards, &c. in the East and West Indies, Africa, and other parts..., Engrav'd by J. Cole in Great Kirby Street, Hatton Garden, [1729], engraved title page, printed dedication leaf to the Honorable James Reynolds, four pages of introduction, five pages of subscriber's list with table of the geographical plates to verso of the last leaf, and thirty-five single-page engraved tables, engraved by I. Mynde, waterstained throughout, contemporary ownership signature of Amb: Kedington, dated 1729 to front endpaper, contemporary vellum, stained and discoloured with some marks and wear, oblong folio Apparently the earlier of the two editions in ESTC, both undated (the other 'printed for John Bowles'). The engraved geographical tables reveal, amongst other things, that London contains 210,000 fighting men, Ithaca is not one tenth part so big as the Isle of Wight, Croatians are fierce and ungovernable but are indulged in their liberty as they are a good barrier against the Turks, the land of the Amazons covers 993,600 square miles, the Persian empire under Darius covered over a twentieth of the habitable area of the globe, and Brindisi is a contemptible place. (1)
Scarce Victorian Royal Marines Colour Sergeant’s Arm Badge, fine bullion embroidered arm badge showing crowned bugle above globe and crossed union flags with anchor below all enclosed in laurel wreath, crossed swords to lower section and single chevron. Embroidered directly onto scarlet cloth backing. Some moth areas and wear to the backing, bullion dulled in areas.
A Globe Wernicke Co Ltd, London, oak bureau, the fall flap enclosing an interior of small drawers and pigeon holes over a shallow frieze drawer and sabre forelegs above a sectional bookcase with up and over rectangular glazed panelled door, the bureau with associated four sectional bookcase over
A pair of early Victorian terrestrial and celestial 12" globes, by Newton & Son, on mahogany stands, each globe with brass meridian and engraved a polar calottes, bearing a label Newton's New and Improved Celestial/Terrestrial globe, manufactured by Newton & Son, Chancery Lane, London, the stand with engraved calendrical ring, published 1st January 1844, on twin-fluted U-shaped supports, carved column, splay tripod base and spindle stretchers united by a central compass, 86.5cm high Condition Report: Twelve gores. The terrestrial globe with lifting engraving in places and showing signs of creases. Colour darker than the celestial globe. Colour ring on one renewed, the other stained. The meridian mount to one stand missing screw. Otherwise stands in good condition. Please see additional images.
An Emor Model 200 globe radio,designed by Mechal Rabinowicz in 1947 and made by the Emor Radio Company Ltd., the chrome-plated globe with top vented speaker grille, with an equatorial dial, raised on a chrome-plated column with 'S, M, T' settings on a painted circular cast iron base,108cm highThe globe radio was operated by turning the whole body whilst an internal stationary light would indicate on the tuning band where the setting was. Originally available in a gold finish as well as some pastel colours. The V&A has one of these radios in their collection, Ac. No. W.39-1978.
Original vintage advertising poster for the World Fair (Universal Exposition) held in Heysel near Brussels from 27 April to 6 November. Art Deco design by Leo Marfurt (1894-1977) featuring Atlas holding a globe in front of a coloured shield against a black background. Small format. Good condition, restored folds, minor loss and tears on margins, backed on linen.Country: Belgium, year: 1935, designer: Leo Marfurt, size(cm): 30x20.2.
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