Bidspirit auction | Gemstone Inlay Tabletop World Globe

Gemstone Inlay Tabletop World Globe on Gold Tone Metal Stand with Base Compass A decorative tabletop world globe featuring hand-cut semi-precious stone inlays. The continents and countries are represented by a variety of stones including mother-of-pearl, abalone for Australia, and assorted jaspers and marbles. These are set into a polished dark green stone ground representing the oceans, overlaid with gold-tone metallic latitude and longitude grid lines. The globe surface features numerous printed geographic labels and a numbered key for smaller nations. The globe is mounted within a calibrated pivoting meridian ring, housed in a four-legged gold-tone metal stand. The stand is constructed with a horizontal horizon ring and four baluster-form legs joined to a cross-shaped base. A circular liquid-filled compass is inset into the centre of the base. Height: 22.5 cm Base Width: 18 cm.