PRESSED / CUT VICTORIAN GLASS OBELISK THERMOMETERS / DESK ACCESSORIES, LOT OF SIX
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Description
PRESSED / CUT VICTORIAN GLASS OBELISK THERMOMETERS / DESK ACCESSORIES, LOT OF SIX, light blue or medium blue color, four-sided tapering tower-form objects, some raised on square or eight-sided pedestal feet, five of them with recessed or inset fronts which hold mercury thermometers with temperatures in Fahrenheit and Celsius except one has lost its thermometer and another one has only F, plus a novelty obelisk paperweight which, when viewed from behind, creates an intaglio three-dimensional illusion of an evidently six-sided monument or lighthouse. Various makers. Fourth quarter 19th/early 20th century. 6 1/2" HOA.
Property from a Youngstown, OH estate.
Condition
Very good condition overall, with mostly no more than shallow chipping or flaking along several cut edges or feet of some, except one obelisk thermometer lacking its thermometer, and with some heavier chipping to the apex of the intaglio monument/obelisk.
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