THIS GLOBE ROTATES BY ITSELF WHEN POWERED! U.S.A. VERSION! (U.S. STATES MADE WITH SEPARATE GEMSTONES)! Light up your world! This spectacular globe provides the ultimate unique viewing experience for all ages. This illuminated globe delivers an exciting innovative element to the traditional world of globes, as well as being an originally brilliant addition to home and office decor. Lit from within, this 13-inch globe will light up any room with a stunning and brilliant array of gemstones in vibrant colors. The globe, which is etched with latitude and longitude, is hand-lacquered to give it a high luster, and is also mounted in a classy brass-tone laterally rotating ring. The base is a handsome, elegantly finished wood stand. Dimensions: 17 in. x 17 in. x 37 in. Each country is inlaid from a different stone, and the stones are individually cut and ground to exacting interlocking shapes, polished and set into this exquisite piece of art with care and attention to adjacencies. The elements of the globe are creatd out of lapis lazule, mother of pearl, amethyst, African jade, tiger's eye, jasper, turquoise, purple quartz, onyx, unakite, abalone and many other beautifully hued stones. The latitude and longitude lines are very thin ribbons of brass, embedded through the globe. Each globe requires ten individual steps to compose, and it takes more than 1000 hours of labor to complete! The globe is new, unused, and absolutely mint in its original box, with all of its original packaging. This is the ultimate gift for any world traveler, map or globe collector, nautical, maritime, boat or sailing aficionado or geography buff! These globes are generally sold only at high-end retail and specialty stores as they are of such high quality and so expensive - they often retail for well over $4800.00!
