#mini globe

[ltwilliammowett]

An ivory and wood scrimshawed mini Globe - late 19th Century

[globemakers]

A recently completed globe with a few few illustrations. Colouring here is Gagarin and the globe is 22cm diameter. The globe spins 360 degrees in a fluid motion by hand on a handcrafted Oak base.

www.bellerbyandco.com

All globes are made bespoke to order with your choice of colour and base and added personalisation. We ship worldwide from London.

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[honeythistle]

★ Another week, another miniature scene ★

This is what I imagine my future study to look like, complete with a non-functioning old timey telephone and spinny globe. Everything is handmade with the exception of the telephone, which I modified a teeny tiny bit.

I’ve also improved on my globe design (the dramatic arc of the first one and thick black lines just weren’t working, ya know?), and am now offering it in my etsy shop for all your miniature decor and gifting needs. 

Lastly, I’m running a small giveaway on my instagram (@honey.thistle) for one of these globes and a few other minis until May 22nd 2017, so check that out for some free miniature swag :)

[minidrstrange]

Who run the world? Mini Stephen Strange

[ltwilliammowett]

Scrimshawed ivory mini globe, 19th century

[ltwilliammowett]

Scrimshawed mini globe with a compass and sundial, made of ivory and wood, late 19th century

[globemakers]

Handcrafted and hand painted Mini Desk Globe in Cobalt.

Every globe is made bespoke to order. We ship worldwide.

Bellerby & Co Globemakers www.bellerbyandco.com

[globemakers]

Continuing on with #GlobeFacts on the theme of changing names.. while we look at North & Central America we are actually talking... Ceylon to Sri Lanka (1972). Ceylon was a European colonial name bestowed upon the island nation by the Portuguese in 1505 and carried over by the British Empire who “owned” Ceylon until 1948. The name was finally changed in 1972 to shed the colonial connection, a not uncommon sentiment by former colonies. Before the beginning of the Dutch governance, the island of Ceylon was divided between the Portuguese Empire and the Kingdom of Kandy, who were in the midst of a war for control of the island as a whole. The island attracted the attention of the newly formed Dutch Republic when they were invited by the Sinhalese King to fight the Portuguese. Dutch rule over much of the island was soon imposed. In the late 18th century the Dutch, weakened by their wars against Great Britain, were conquered by Napoleonic France, and their leaders became refugees in London. No longer able to govern their part of the island effectively, the Dutch transferred the rule of it to the British, although this was against the wishes of the Dutch residing there. As soon as Great Britain gained the European-controlled parts of Ceylon from the Dutch, they wanted to expand their new sphere of influence by making the native Kingdom of Kandy a protectorate, an offer initially refused by the King of Kandy. Although the previous Dutch administration had not been powerful enough to threaten the reign of the Kandyan Kings, the British were much more powerful. The Kandyan refusal to accept a protectorate led eventually to war, which ended with the capitulation of the Kandyans. Sri Lanka's documented history spans 3,000 years, with evidence of pre-historic human settlements dating back to at least 125,000 years. In 1972, its formal name was changed to "Free, Sovereign and Independent Republic of Sri Lanka". Later in 1978 it was changed to the "Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka". Its recent history has been marred by a thirty-year civil war. #SriLankaFacts via Wikipedia. Globe 23cm in Prussian Blue | www.bellerbyandco.com