Beschreibung:

[signed] on the circular cartouche which reads: 8-INCH GLOBE/ MADE BY/ WEBER/COSTELLO CO./ CHICAGO HEIGHTS/ ILLINOIS, having a terrestrial globe (which shows Petrograd for current day St. Petersburg dating it from 1914 to 1924) rotating at the end of an iron arm with raised neoclassical decoration (containing internal gearworks), and with a black-and-white painted wood representation of the moon revolving the earth; the earth set within a removable twilight ring; all revolving around a central serrated representation of the sun. The entire assembly is mounted on a round tapering standard, ending in a 12-sided base with engraved paper calendar and zodiac, each zodiac sign associated with a side of the base. When turned by hand the earth rotates, and the earth and moon revolve. 16-1/2 x 21 x 12 in. (41.9 x 53.3 x 30.4 cm) height x length x diameter.