This is a rare Weber Costello Scientific Globe Tellurian that dates to around 1880. This is a handsome globe made by, “Weber Costello Co. Chicago Heights, Illinois.” The globe sits on a metal base that attaches to a wooden platform that has astrological signs. Stamp on stem reads, “Andrews.”
A tellurian with a terrestrial globe and a moon at the end of a nickel-plated cast iron arm, operated by a gear work mechanism under the arm. When the arm is turned by hand, the 8-inch terrestrial globe rotates, the solid brass ball representation of the moon on a curved rod revolves round the globe, and both the globe and moon, in turn, revolve around a central serrated representation of the sun. The globe is mounted on an inclination arm, and set within a removable apparatus with two concentric rings — a day and night circle and a twilight band. It is mounted on a nickel-plated brass round tapering stand, the 12-sided iron base with an engraved paper calendar and zodiac. Each of the 12 zodiac signs is associated with one side of the base… 20″x 15.75″… $3200