A unique piece with excellent visual history! Metropolitan centers of the past, such as Constantinople (changed to Istanbul in1929), St. Petersburg (Petrograd in 1914)and Christiana (changed to Oslo in 1924) are displays. It is the dawn of the Great War and the end of the Imperial Empires, which are about to crumble. On the map of this globe they are still visible at their height: Austro-Hungarian, Ottoman, British and German Empire. A fine example of exceptional engraving skills as W. & A.K. Johnston was well known and respected for. Attention to detail by the globe maker is evident throughout the map. A masterpiece of cartography with an ever so refined display of mountain ranges, currents, rivers and more. The globe would be suspended from the ceiling and elevated through a pulley system. We do not have a pulley system. However, a facsimile copy of an original Nystrom advertisement for this globe will also be provided, which shows the entire system and allows to be easily replicated. About the manufacture: After having spent several years in the field of education, A.J. Nystrom founded his company in 1903 in Chicago. A partnership was formed with W. & A.K. Johnston of Scotland to print and supply the gores for the Nystrom Globes. The partnership specialized in simplified maps and unique globes such as the suspension model and the slate globe for the educational market. Nystrom is still producing school equipment to this day as a division of Herff Jones. The sphere consists of 12 individual hand mounted paper gores over a 12 inch diameter plaster orb. Colorings have a beautiful warm appearance and nicely aged patina, despite irregular spotting. The cast iron mounting offers a rotating swivel with two hooks to be suspended. In good condition with age appropriate rubbing and scuffing. Some un-even spotting-soiling.Colors are vivid, details crisp. Mounting is in superb condition. $525 - Item #: 1011NYWAK1908 - SOLD