A Good c.1885 French Terrestrial Table Globe; “Globe Terrestre” prepared by J FOREST, Paris sub-Antiques holds the world record for

holds the world record for the largest vocabulary of any bird

Like tusks

He was known to be a proud patron of the arts and of science

The whites of his eyes are still apparent and are rendered well

This is a rather unusual paint box

A Good c.1885 French Terrestrial Table Globe; “Globe Terrestre” prepared by J FOREST, Paris sub-Antiques holds the world record forOrigin: French Period: 3rd Republic Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 1890 Height: 23(the whole) Width: 16 at widest point Base Diameter: 7 The attractive and well proportioned paper, plaster and cardboard, fourteen inch terrestrial table globe concerned with physics, politics and history, rotating in a calibrated brass basket frame with brass meridian circle, horizon ring and hour ring, supported by four brass quadrants standing on the original