Antique Pietra Dura Marble Desk Obelisk Thermometer Ashford Blue John Derbyshire Circa 1860 Mid-Century Modern the tea pot with a

the tea pot with a pierced acorn shaped finial to the lid and ivory insulators to the handle

about whom little is known

From a large 17th century manor House Ripon

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Antique Pietra Dura Marble Desk Obelisk Thermometer Ashford Blue John Derbyshire Circa 1860 Mid-Century Modern the tea pot with aSOLD 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