Accession No
5761
Brief Description
4-inch terrestrial globe in tin drum, by J. B. Wolters and C. L. van Balen, Dutch, 1900 (c)
Origin
Netherlands; Groningen
Maker
Wolters, J. B. van Balen, C.B.
Class
cartography; games
Earliest Date
1850
Latest Date
1918
Inscription Date
Material
paper; metal (tin); paint
Dimensions
diameter of base 160mm; height 155mm
Special Collection
Provenance
Purchased from Trevor Philip & Sons, 75a Jermyn Street, St. James, London, SW1Y 6NP on 01/11/1999.
Inscription
on the globe above antartica
AARDGLOBE
door
C.L. van BALEN.
J.B. Wolters.
Groningen.
Description Notes
4-inch terrestrial globe in tin drum, by J.B. Wolters and C.L. van Balen, Groningen, Netherlands, c. 1900.
Card globe lithographically printed. Globe suspended in tin meridian ring mounted in circular tin base.
Drum shaped base is decorated with a calendar on its ‘lid’ and diagrams of eclipse etc around its sides. The globe can spin on the pins that attached it to the meridian ring. The meridian ring can move through 360 degrees in the base.
References
Events
Description
During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, globes were increasingly used in classrooms or in other sort of educational settings as a teaching aid for geography. This educational globe was designed for use in the home or classroom to assist in the teaching of various geographical and astronomical phenomena. Diagrams on the side of the tin drum illustrate concepts such as the ecliptic (the apparent path of the Sun through the sky relative to the stars) and the phases of the Moon.
14/01/2014
Created by: Allison Ksiazkiewicz on 14/01/2014
FM:46152
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