Description
George III period mahogany cased wall thermometer by Adams of Fleet Street London
A well-conceived Georgian wall thermometer in a mahogany case which is perhaps the best I have seen in terms of its cabinetry. The case is mounted on a mahogany backboard graduating to the top into a hanging loop with a chamfered edge running around the glass’s edge. The thermometer scale beneath the glass is also surrounded by a further mahogany framing slip which gives the piece a more decorative appeal.
The large fourteen-inch thermometer scale plate contains Fahrenheit readings from -20 to 210 degrees to the left and has various standard temperature indications to the right. The central thermometer remains in good working condition and has a super globe-type bulb at the base. The thermometer case measures fifteen inches in height and two inches in width. With markings on the right reading Fever Heat, Blood Heat, Summer heat, Temperate and Freezing.
The thermometer is completed with a maker’s engraving on the head of the scale made with brass stating the famous regional maker, Adams of Fleet Street, London. Possibly 1770’s
(George Adams, No. 60 Fleet Street, London, Instrument Maker to His Majesty King. George. III)
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