Good fortune has found me again! I spotted a local antique shop I'd never visited before and I popped in to see if they had any floor-standing antique globes. They had a half dozen!
I've given a new home to this locally-produced Kittinger terrestrial globe manufactured in 1931, Model 48F9. The globe was made by the renowned British globe maker W. & A.K. Johnston, and likely imported by A.J. Nystrom, Chicago. It's handsomely seated upon a hand-crafted 36" English Georgian style American Walnut stand with a carved acanthus leaf base and scrolling legs made in Buffalo, NY.
At ⅕ the price of the same model on auction sites, I couldn't pass it up. The globe is a lovely complement to my vintage decor and fits beautifully beside my French doors and antique Philco console radio and 78 player.
What luck!
The world is scavenging for toilet paper… and I’m buying antiques.