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Terrestrial And Celestial Globe Bookends - a required icon for a philosopher"™s bookshelf.
Original charts, researched in the libraries in Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Washington D.C. Map sections (or gores) are applied on spheres like they did centuries ago. The bigger globes are made on a papier-mache plaster finished core.
The Rosetta Stone - Bookends (Pair) - Rosetta, Egypt. 203BC
When the last temple was closed in the 6th century A.D., the skill of reading hieroglyphs was lost until the discovery of this slab of basalt stone found at Rosetta in the western delta in 1779. On the stone are three scripts.
Wind Up Michelangelo Pillow
Wind Up Michelangelo Pillow. Wind this beautiful pillow up and an old-fashioned music box plays ?I Wanna Hold Your Hand.? Pretty & witty.15 x 11 inches.
Bridal Box, Swiss
Bridal Boxes Trousseau is one of those nice French words that managed to survive unaltered in the English language. Trousseaus went into bridal boxes. A great many must have been made in ages past, since it is an age-old custom for European brides to have a bridal box.
Horse Weathervane Trade Sign
Classis weathervane. Hand molded in tin, made up of many individual pieces. Hand applied gold leaf finishM. 33.5 x 22.
Cello Chair "˜Stradivarius"™
Constructed out of hand carved wood parts of a classic cello. More sculptural than practical it features and repeats the characteristic shapes and elements of a proud and beautiful instrument. Beloved by Mozart and Haydn.
Egyptian mirror, zodiac of Denderah
This mirror is based on the Egyptian Zodiac of Denderah. On the ceiling of the Denderah temple there was a carved Zodiac, or Celestial Day, so remarkable that the original ceiling was removed and re-erected in Paris and a copy substituted.
The Age Of Exploration Keepsake Sphere
Early celestial and terrestrial globes are handmade classical souvenirs from the Grant Tour documented and beautifully packaged.Charming size, conveying the same historical detail as our larger globe models.