Monumental Philip's Thirty-Inch Terrestrial Library Globe

1940s, produced in London by George Philip & Son, in conjunction with Rand McNally & Company, Chicago, calibrated full brass meridien and horizon with applied paper calender and zodiac, with cartouche on side reading "Philip's/Thirty-Inch Globe/Rand McNally Company", supported on a stand with fluted column-form legs and bun feet, the base supported by carved and pierced scrollwork.
h. 49", dia. 34"

Provenance: Butchoff Antiques, London, England.

Notes: George Philip & Son were a British publishing company of maps and atlases founded in Liverpool in 1834. By 1902 they had moved to London and began production of globes, soon becoming one of the primary globe makers in the world. They worked closely with the American firm of Rand McNally & Company who imported several of their globes, including the edition of 30-inch globes as represented here. In 1868 William Rand and Andrew McNally established the printing company that still bears their names. Initially producing tickets and timetables for the railroad, they soon expanded to directories and newspapers; their first map was published in 1872. Within several years virtually every schoolroom had a Rand McNally map, globe and/or atlas. The company still produces maps and atlases today, though they have expanded into software and technology.
On the globe offered here, the labeling of Palestine with "Br. Mand." in parentheses dates the globe to before 1948 and the labeling of Istanbul with "Constantinople" in parentheses dates it to after 1930.

Handsome lot with great presentation. GLOBE: In good, vintage condition. Typical scattered surface restorations, primarily along the equator, areas of the Soviet Union, Mongolia and Turkestan, along the left outer edge of the cartouche and down the Table of Equations. All consistent with age and use, now lacquered and softly polished over. The globe rotates easily all around . STAND: Well-carved and in very good, sturdy condition.