{"product_id":"vintage-harrahs-old-world-desk-globe-on-wood-base-c-1997-2010","title":"Vintage Harrah's Old World Desk Globe on Wood Base, c. 1997–2010","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA desk globe with an antiqued cartography, printed on a cream parchment ground with sepia mottling through the oceans, compass roses in the Atlantic and the Indian Ocean, and small engraved sailing ships. Countries are washed in soft coral, apricot and pale green. The equator runs as a doubled red and yellow band. The sphere turns on a brass half-meridian and sits on a turned maple base.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe base carries a small brass plaque, applied flush to the wood, reading Harrah's.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSomeone marked the globe in pink on the ocean south of the Philippines: two crossed lines and a run of short strokes across the Celebes Sea. It has not been removed, and it is left as found.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe map dates itself, and it is later than the styling suggests. Central Africa is labelled DEM. REP. CONGO. Zaire took that name on 17 May 1997, so the gores cannot have been printed before then. Three further markers agree: Kazakstan, Uzbek, Turkmen, Kyrgyz and Tajik all appear as separate states, which requires 1991 or after; Eritrea is shown apart from Ethiopia, which requires 1993; and Myanmar is named alongside Burma, a change of 1989.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat makes it read older is the styling. The parchment ground, the sepia oceans, the compass roses and the little ships are a deliberate old-world treatment that globe makers introduced in the 1980s and sold heavily through the following two decades. It is designed to look like 1930 and it does the job well. On the map evidence it is offered as c. 1997–2010.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe plaque is the Harrah's wordmark. Harrah's was founded in Reno by William F. Harrah in 1937 and grew from a bingo parlour on Virginia Street into one of the defining names of Nevada gaming, and a globe of this kind with a company plaque on the base is the sort of thing given as an executive desk piece or a service award rather than sold at retail. No presentation inscription or recipient's name appears anywhere on it, so the specific occasion is not recorded and none is claimed here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n  \u003ctbody\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eType\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTerrestrial desk globe\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCartography\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAntiqued old-world style on a cream ground, political colouring, compass roses and ship vignettes\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMount\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBrass half-meridian on a turned maple base\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMarks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eApplied brass plaque to the base reading Harrah's\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ec. 1997–2010, fixed by the map\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGlobe Diameter\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9 in.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOverall Height\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13 in.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBase Diameter\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e6 in.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSound. Sphere turns freely on its meridian and the base is clean and unmarked apart from the plaque. Pink marker lines on the ocean south of the Philippines, left as found. Light surface handling elsewhere, no dents, splits or lifting gores.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA globe earns its shelf because people cannot leave it alone. This one is the right size for a desk or a bookcase rather than a floor stand, and the antiqued colouring means it reads warm against books and wood instead of bright and scholastic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Harrah's plaque gives it a second life as Nevada gaming history, which in this state is a collecting category of its own.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48081278599273,"sku":"VE-1666","price":565.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/BFE9F548-75B6-4779-879E-44A2B8F88BE9.jpg?v=1789750337","url":"https:\/\/viridianeclection.com\/products\/vintage-harrahs-old-world-desk-globe-on-wood-base-c-1997-2010","provider":"Viridian Eclection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}