Thermometer
Manufacturer
Louis C. Tiffany Furnaces
(American, 1920-1924)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1920
MediumEnameled bronze | Glass
DimensionsOverall: 7 3/4 x 3 5/8 in. (19.7 x 9.2 cm)
InscribedImpressed on back: "Louis C. Tiffany Furnaces, Inc. 364".
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.2688
Not on view
DescriptionMercury thermometer, with a range of 15 to 140 degrees farenheit, held by a bronze frame. Around the center of the bronze frame is a band of rectangles and triangles swirled with red, dark blue and gold enamel. This band is bordered on the inside by a thin strip of gold, red and magenta enamel and on the outside by a thin band of dark red and blue enamel. In each corner of the outer border is enameled a pink and gold circle with a red center. A stand is attached to the back of the thermometer.Published ReferencesPaul E. Doros. _The Tiffany Collection of the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk_. 1978, No. 215, Illus. p. 215.
late 19th early 20th c
18th century
late 19th-early 20th c.
