A rare “slated” globe from a School in the city of Dresden, former East Germany.

From the mid 1800’s to the 1960’s, slated globes were a popular tool for military and educational facilities to teach geography related subjects. The slate-like finish has the same properties as a chalk board, allowing drawing on it with chalk. The red lines represent longitude and latitude.

Slate Globes are highly desirable collector’s pieces as these spheres are no longer produced.
An increased interest just over the past few years reflects the final bids of recent auctions:
A slate table top model c 1950’s sold at Christie’s SK in Nov. 1996 for 299 British Pounds. The same Globe re-sold at Christie’s in July 2002/lot 176 for 550
British Pounds, roughly around $800.

Based on the label attached to the base and the materials used, we speculate this model to be made by Raeth sometime in the 1950’s or 1960’s.

The orb is covered with 12 black, slate-like effect gores of paper and two polar calottes. The half meridian is made of stamped aluminum; the base is made of Bakelite. The globe has a grid overlay in red, representing longitude and latitude.
Diameter of the globe is 13” with a total height of 17.5”.

This globe is in overall good condition, no loss of paper and clean, minor scuffing here and there. Meridian and base are in excellent condition, almost no sign of wear.

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