Antique Pietra Dura Marble Desk Obelisk Thermometer Ashford Blue John Derbyshire Circa 1860 Sold very well packed at preferential

very well packed at preferential low rates

as is the top of the handle

who at that time was only the third horse to win the Triple Crown in 1866

until 1940 he was professor of art at the Scuola d’Arte di Villa Reale near Milan

and Philadelphia's Centennial Exposition of 1876

Antique Pietra Dura Marble Desk Obelisk Thermometer Ashford Blue John Derbyshire Circa 1860 Sold very well packed at preferentialSOLD A fine & large antique black marble & specimen stone desk obelisk & thermometer, Ashford Derbyshire, circa 1860. This large 15. 5" tall obelisk is made of Derbyshire black marble. The obelisk is elegantly inlaid with a band of semi precious polished hard stone surround the mercury thermometer, including Derbyshire Blue John, Polished slate with fossils, Malachite, Carrara marble, polished agates etc. The ivory panel behind the glass thermometer