Plater celestial globe sits on a tripod base with ring-turned legs with three vase-turned stretchers. Brass ring surrounds the circumference vertically. The legs enclose the horizontal circumference.
globes (cartographic spheres)
brass (alloy)
oak (wood)
plaster
turning (shaping process)
maps
numerals
zodiac symbols
Plaster
Oak
Brass
Turned
Zodiac
Numbers
Map
GLOBE
Minutes are inscribed on the brass ring. The horizontal circumference gives the minutes, zodiac and months.
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
10.438 (H), 9.375 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1825
Massachusetts (United States)
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