ARTEFACTS & MISCELLANEOUS
DAVID CARSTAIRS
antiques@davidcarstairs.co.uk 01460 54489 & 0775 750 4056
A VICTORIAN ASHFORD BLACK MARBLE OBELISK THERMOMETER
A Victorian Ashford Black Marble Obelisk Thermometer inlaid with lily of the valley and malachite banding, on stepped base.
Ashford in Derbyshire became a centre for production of pietra dura ornaments in the second half of the 19th. Century.
19 inches /48 cm high, 5 ½ inches /14 cm wide, 5 ½ inches /14 cm deep.
Circa 1860
£485