Terrestrial Globe, Germany

Blue-green globe cradled in a creamy crescent on a swooping black foot.

This lithograph tin and plastic terrestrial globe from Germany is from Germany, and is dated 1958. By the 1950s plastic parts began to appear alongside tin in globes, often for the stand or the base, as the newer material became cheap and easy to mold. Globe showing Africa and Europe in blue, green and yellow, with fine grid lines and names printed across the seas. A sweeping cream-colored crescent arm with cutouts holds it, and a glossy dark base curves out below. It is 9 inches wide, 6 deep and 9 high.

Mid-century curves, with a world view that is nicely framed.