Foucault's Iron Orb Sconce Polished Nickel

The gyroscope created by 19th-century experimental physicist Léon Foucault inspired our openwork globe. Its double-gimbal frame is built of iron around a nucleus of upraised lights, an homage to Foucault's study of the earth's rotation. Glass and crystals, precision-cut and polished for refraction and sparkle, are set within the slim iron frame.