KUMMER, Karl Wilhelm (1785-1855), Berlin RELIEF GLOBUS oder die Erde, mit ihren Hoch-Stufen und Flach-Ländern nach Ritter und Zeune aus seiner unzerbrechlicher Papiermasse versertigt von Karl Wilh Kummer in BERLIN, Lezte Str. No. 8 An important, and possibly unique, 15-inch (38.1cm.) diamater terrestrial relief globe, made of two moulded and painted papier-maché hemispheres joined at the equator, the oceans painted dark blue, the continents painted in shades of brown over a light blue ground, with green highlighting and certain major cities marked by points of red, countries, towns and oceans labelled in gothic manuscript, ( some paint loss to continents ), mounted on a short plain wood column and square plinth, on a square ebonized wood base applied with a label from Schloss Gaussig -- 21¼in. (54cm.) high See Colour Illustration and Deatils
KUMMER, Karl Wilhelm (1785-1855), Berlin RELIEF GLOBUS oder die Erde, mit ihren Hoch-Stufen und Flach-Ländern nach Ritter und Zeune aus seiner unzerbrechlicher Papiermasse versertigt von Karl Wilh Kummer in BERLIN, Lezte Str. No. 8 An important, and possibly unique, 15-inch (38.1cm.) diamater terrestrial relief globe, made of two moulded and painted papier-maché hemispheres joined at the equator, the oceans painted dark blue, the continents painted in shades of brown over a light blue ground, with green highlighting and certain major cities marked by points of red, countries, towns and oceans labelled in gothic manuscript, ( some paint loss to continents ), mounted on a short plain wood column and square plinth, on a square ebonized wood base applied with a label from Schloss Gaussig -- 21¼in. (54cm.) high See Colour Illustration and Deatils
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