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Large globe bar identify

I am looking for info on this bar. It is 38" tall and about 24" wide (just the globe). There is a tag underside that says 'made in Italy 9502' but I cannot find a brand. I have not turned it upside down.

It was a gift to a friend- her well known 'underwater film producer' boss gave it to her about 20 years ago. He owned it prior.




Thanks

Comments (11)

  • 7 years ago

    These are pretty common. My brother in law bought one when he was overseas serving in the Navy (1970s). I see that Amazon has them too.

  • 7 years ago

    My SIL got one when they were first married around 2000. They are common.


  • 7 years ago

    I would amend that comment to say not "original" but good quality.
    The globe bar has been a thing in a den or a library for about 100 years and as with all things, there were differences in quality. There are very fine quality newer ones as well as older cheap ones.

  • 7 years ago

    I would also take a better picture of those glasses. Although too blurry to tell they appear to be older than 100 years. However with that large tag on it they may have been from that shops of odds and ends and have no connection to the globe.

  • 7 years ago

    Ok- some more pics for you buffs! I may/may not have to put some pics in next comment depending on how many I can attach at once.

    Top latch mechanism.

    Bottom. Can not find manufacturer.



    Sorry - blurry. Bottom castors.



    Top.




    Holds 13 glasses and one 'bottle hole'.





    Center and leg turns.


  • 7 years ago

    Here some other photos. May have to add them on a few comments- do not know how many I can attach at one time.

    Bottom. Screws look different material than 'todays screws .



    Wheels.






    Sorry- not great.






    Leg and center support. As you can see by the portion of 'Cheyenne' bronze at right my friends love to collect'



    This is the latch mechanism for when top half of globe lowered.

    I will find out re age of glasses.



    Thirteen glass spots and two bottle spots.

    Thank you.

  • 7 years ago

    Anno Gratia MCMLXXI seen on the bar means year of grace 1971. That might be the year of manufacture. It is lovely.

  • 7 years ago

    Think Voila is correct on the year. Looks to be nice quality, but not too old.
    The glasses don't look like anything special, but they nay be just glasses that got put inthere.


  • 7 years ago

    What intrigued me with the glasses was that in the first picture they looked like they were, for want of another term, the pinched cocktail glasses from the twenties. Could not tell anything from the second picture of them but agree they were probably just stuck in there especially with the 1971.

  • 7 years ago

    They look like the old clipper ship barware. They are still cool!



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