Mercury thermometer with brass backplate mounted on wood; rectangular shaped with arched molded top; degrees range from 120 to 10; thermometer secured with two brass bail wires with diamond shaped ends secured with two brass screws; brass basket/bale at base of thermometer protects mercury ball and is secured with two brass scres; brass hinged tab on back for hanging.
thermometers
brass (alloy)
glass (material)
mercury
wood (plant material)
Brass
Glass
Mercury
THERMOMETER
""ANDREW J. LLOYD CO. BOSTON"" and left facing lion (trademark?) engraved on plate just below arch.
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Andrew J. Lloyd & Co. (Maker)
Boston, MA, USA
9.125 x 2.063 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.746
Massachusetts (United States)
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