A Betts's Patent portable globe by George Philip & Son Ltd. London, circa 1900 Consisting of a cloth globe, stitched over a collapsible metal umbrella frame, with eight colour litho printed gores. In it's original wooden cardboard tube. The Globe: 15.3ins.(39cm)diam. 2 Footnotes: The collapsible globe was invented by John Bett around 1860 and was manufactured by Philips following Bett's death in 1863. They were especially popular in schools. The date of this example can be deduced by the naming of St Petersburg in Russia as it was renamed by Lenin in 1924 to Petrograd, The fragile nature of the globe and its covering mean that few examples survive in good order, or with their original boxes. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing