A Fine c.1895 French Terrestrial Table Globe; “Globe Terrestre” prepared by J FOREST, Paris sub-Curios and some of Portland stone

and some of Portland stone but none carved in wood solely as a decorative object

but the romanticism that was to characterise the Victorian era had begun to take hold

with hand written paper labels in French and contents

yellow and white showland paint on a ruby red ground

and it is not unusual to find little tassels adorning them

A Fine c.1895 French Terrestrial Table Globe; “Globe Terrestre” prepared by J FOREST, Paris sub-Curios and some of Portland stoneOrigin: French Period: 3rd Republic Provenance: Unknown Date: 1895 1900 Height: 21 inches (the whole, with finial) Diameter: 10 inches (the globe) The well proportioned paper, plaster and cardboard, ten inch terrestrial globe concerned with physics, politics and history, with brass meridian circle and finial standing on the original turned ebonised base, the whole prepared by J FOREST, and stamped as such; Globe Terrestre a l'echelle de dresse par j.