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1397 - Globes & Astronomy - Rare Celestial Globe: Dr. Westphal’s “Bottle Sky.” Stuttgart, circa 1925, labeled “Kosmos Astronomy Construction Set, Dr. Westphal’s ‘Bottle Sky’ (D.R.P.), Kosmos Society of Nature Lovers,” the globe is a glass sphere with engraved constellations; inside is a terrestrial globe; various accessories; blackened cast-metal base. In original wooden box. Diameter of celestial globe: approx. 19 cm. Height: approx. 30 cm.
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Globes & Astronomy - Rare Celestial Globe: Dr. Westphal’s “Bottle Sky.” Stuttgart, circa 1925, labeled “Kosmos Astronomy Construction Set, Dr. Westphal’s ‘Bottle Sky’ (D.R.P.), Kosmos Society of Nature Lovers,” the globe is a glass sphere with engraved constellations; inside is a terrestrial globe; various accessories; blackened cast-metal base. In original wooden box. Diameter of celestial globe: approx. 19 cm. Height: approx. 30 cm. See also: Lehmann, René, *Berliner Globenhersteller 1790–1970*, 2010, p. 101. A rare Dr. Westphal’s “Bottle Sky” celestial globe. Stuttgart, Germany, c. 1925, signed “Kosmos Baukasten Astronomie, Dr. Westphal’s ‘Flaschenhimmel’ (D.R.P.), Kosmos Society of Nature Lovers,” the globe consists of a glass sphere with engraved star constellations, containing a terrestrial globe, various accessories, and an ebonized cast metal stand. Diameter of the celestial globe: c. 19 cm, height: c. 30 cm.
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