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Philip's 9 inch globe c.1920s showing India, Arabia and the Indian Ocean, on a brass meridian and ebonised turned wooden base
Antique Philip's terrestrial globe turned to show China, Southeast Asia and Australia, with the British Empire coloured red
Close-up of the original ebonised baluster column and stepped circular base of a 1920s Philip's table globe
Arctic detail of a Philip's globe showing Siberia, the New Siberian Islands and Nicholas II Land beneath the brass finial
Philip's 9 inch globe showing the North Pacific and maker's cartouche, with staining around the label visible
Close-up of the Philip's 9 inch terrestrial globe cartouche, George Philip & Son Ltd, 32 Fleet Street, London
Philip's 9 Inch Terrestrial Globe, c.1920s, Ebonised Base
Philip's terrestrial globe c.1920s turned to show North, Central and South America and the Caribbean
Philip's 9 Inch Terrestrial Globe, c.1920s, Ebonised Base
Underside of the ebonised base of a Philip's table globe, fitted with green baize
Antarctic detail of a Philip's globe showing Enderby Land and Kemp Land, with the brass lower pivot and meridian

Philip's 9 Inch Terrestrial Globe, c.1920s, Ebonised Base

An early 20th century Philip's 9 inch terrestrial globe by George Philip & Son Ltd, London Geographical Institute, 32 Fleet Street, London. It stands on its original ebonised turned wooden base.

The globe is printed in colour, with the British Empire shown in its traditional red. It shows warm and cold ocean currents and principal steamship routes, with distances in nautical miles. The political detail dates it to around the 1920s. It shows the Japanese and Australian Pacific mandates created after the First World War, alongside Persia, Siam, the Dominion of Canada, Manchuria and Nicholas II Land in the Arctic, all names that later changed.

The sphere turns freely within a brass half meridian with ball finials. It is raised on a baluster-turned ebonised column above a stepped circular base, and the underside has a green baize protective base.

Height: approx. 40cm
Globe diameter: 9 inches (approx. 23cm)
Maker: George Philip & Son Ltd, London
Date: c.1920s

Condition: Good antique condition and fully functional. The base and pivots are original and sound. There is brown staining around the maker's cartouche in the North Pacific, and some fading and toning to areas of the Pacific Ocean, consistent with age and display. Please see photographs.

Price: £300