M-440. Magnificent celestial globe, 27 inches in diameter and mounted on an elaborate and not particularly attractive base. The globe was made in the 1630s by Willem Janszoon Blaeu, based on the star positions ascertained by Tycho Brahe. It was said to have come from the house of the artist Peter Paul Rubens. (We do not necessarily believe this.)

W-274. A small (2 3/4-inch diameter) pocket globe made by J.B. Homann around 1715. Within the outer case is a map of the heavens and a terrestrial globe. The terrestrial globe itself opens to reveal a tiny armillary sphere (not shown).