High Victorian Children's Table Globe

Untitled 7" Globe, England. c.1870.

7 inch orb, gores over plaster. Oceans finished in pale green. Simplified surface with only rudimentary nomenclature. Shows some ocean currents. No time dial. Without meridian. Raised on ornate offset bracketed stand; three paw foot legs with three humanoid masks of moustachioed men. Stand has raised monogram EB; title label lacking. United States sparsely named; Prescott and Santa Fe only towns in Rocky Mountain southwest. Many location errors. Austin placed in the Great Basin instead of Texas, Azores is in mid Atlantic. Darfur is named in Africa but too far south, Soudan is shown in West Africa and Libyan Desert impinges on Egypt. Surface cleaned but many small spots repain. Couple surface repairs, later gilt paint on stand. Still an unusual and attractive antique globe.