The dimensions of the piece are approx. 14" high and 12" wide. This is a huge amount of striking and dramatic hand-crafted stone work. The globe itself is 220 mm or 9" in diameter - and that's without counting the beautiful ornate, Tripod leg heavy gold brass stand into which the globe has been carefully mounted. At the bottom of the stand, a precise glass-topped integral brass compass is incorporated to complement the globe.

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 created out of lapis lazuli, mother of pearl, amethyst, African jade, tiger's eye, jasper, turquoise, purple quartz, onyx, unakite, abalone, green marble and many other beautifully hued and richly veined stones. The latitude and longitude lines are very thin ribbons of polished brass, embedded through the globe.  Each globe requires ten individual steps to compose, and it takes more than 1000 hours of labor to complete!