The globe with twelve lithographed and colored paper gores on cardboard sphere, is mounted in a painted tin drum-shaped table stand. On the horizon days of the month, the houses of the zodiac, the main compass directions. The globe is set in within a painted tin meridian circle graduated in four quadrants. All names are in Dutch.

In the cartouche is inscribed:
AARDGLOBE
door
C.L. VAN BALEN.
J.B. Wolters.
Groningen.

The globe was made as an educational device for students.

Catalog: GL.1-14
Date: 1900 – 1920
HD: 15.5×16 cm
D globe: 10 cm
Signed: Aardglobe door van Balen. J.B. Wolters, Groningen
Origin: Netherlands
Condition: in working condition, wear consistent with age and use