ANTIQUE VICTORIAN DECORATIVE BRASS & VELVET DESK THERMOMETER FAHRENHEIT REAUMUR

Description

Please email with any questions. Antique Victorian era easel-back desk thermometer11 1/2" by 3 3/4". Working glass thermometer is set onto a brass plaque with Fahrenheit and Reaumur  markings. The brass plate is framed with a heavily cast, pierced brass casting with a pedestal beneath and an arrangement of fruit above the thermometer, set within a trellis of brass and mounted on a wooden form covered in a deep red velvet. On the back is a hammered and twisted wire stand that supports the thermometer securely. The wire stand is a later addition, replacing the missing original. Gorgeous piece from a fine Georgia estate.