A classic globe, featuring antique political colouration; areas of sea are depicted in a pale cream colour. Adjacent countries are shaded in different colours, and their borders are accentuated. This is a luxury item which has a full-circle metal swinging ring meridian, and its stand has a dark maple finish. The globe and metal meridian assembly are suspended in the middle of a flat-topped wooden ring, which is supported by three matching straight vertical wooden legs which narrow towards the ground. Beneath the globe, a large circular flat shelf of matching wood is fixed into the base of the stand between its three legs, set a couple of inches above floor level. This shelf may be used for books, an atlas or decanters etc. The Hampton Globe is supplied with a reference booklet. Height of globe including its stand is 89 cm, globe diameter is 30 cm.