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AN ILLUMINATED BRASS GLOBE
A very rare early illuminated ‘Duo’ globe by Columbus, the blown-glass sphere with twelve paper gor es, supported on a modernist tubular br ass stand. Inscribed ‘Columbus DUO Er dglobus/Columbus Verlag Paul Oestergaard K.G./Berlin und Stuttgart’. Germany, circa 1959 Height: 41in/104cm Diameter: 27in/69cm L2G0404
Columbus are the most famous German globe makers, founded in 1909 by Paul Oestergaard in Berlin. The revolutionary ‘Duo’ model was created to mark the firm’s fiftieth anniversary shortly after its move to Stuttgart. It was the first time that two map versions were shown on a single globe using internal illumination. When lit it illustrates the physical features of the Earth as well as the political boundaries, which also become apparent. This particular model, with its distinctive contemporary stand, was created between 1959 and 1963 when the third generation of the family under Peter Oestergaard took over.
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