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Lot 111:
Semi-precious Gemstone Globe on Four-legged Gilt Metal Stand
Description
A gemstone globe featuring a sphere inlaid with various semiprecious minerals representing the world’s continents, set against a polished black ground. The individual landmasses are depicted using a variety of coloured stones, including green jade-like minerals, orange and yellow jaspers, and white stones, with hand-applied gold-tone lines representing the latitude and longitude grid. Geographical locations, including SOUTH AMERICA, PERU, and ATLANTIC OCEAN, are printed in gold-coloured capital letters. The globe is mounted within a full-circle meridian and supported by a four-legged floor stand constructed of turned gold-tone metal pillars connected by a matching X-frame base with spherical finials at the feet.
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