Globe

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Globe

Entry/Object ID

MP.94.383

Description

A shellacked wooden (pine?) turned desk globe with three ball feet arranged in a triangular pattern. A raised horizontal cylindrical band that moves across the surface like an equator and three holes arranged in a row on the top (possibly used to hold flags). Above the equator evenly spaced around the globe are three prints depicting monuments from the Stirling Palace and cemetery. Each print has an inscription of what the particular monument is. The globe is of two halves each indiviually turned and pieced together--hollow inside.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

"Statue of John Knox, Valley Rock Fountain, Stirling Cemetery" "The Palace, Stirling Castle" "Martyr's Monument, Stirling Cemetery" "Sought in the Douglas Room of the Royal Palace of Stirling" "Ye Towers Within Whose Current Dread a Douglas by his Sovereign Bled".

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Spherical

Height

5-5/8 in

Diameter

5-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 5 5/8 x 5 1/2 in. (14.3 x 14 cm)

Material

Wood, Shellac, Pine ?

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Montgomery Place, General's Bedroom