Terrestrial Globe, United States

Small tin world tilted on a sunny yellow pedestal with a degree ring.

This lithograph tin terrestrial globe is from the United States, and dates to the mid 20th century. Mid-century American globes were often made from lithographed tin, in which colored map graphics were printed on flat sheets and then stamped and rolled into a sphere. Printed globe in teal seas and yellow-green lands, held by a curved brass-coloured meridian arm marked with numbers. It rests on a thin stem and a round yellow base with paint wear and some scuffing. It is 5.75 inches wide, 5 deep and 8.75 high.

Whole planet, pocket-sized, mild amount of rust.