Antique Pietra Dura Marble Desk Obelisk Thermometer Ashford Blue John Derbyshire Circa 1860 Sculpture of the Chapel of St

of the Chapel of St

Larger frames measure 38

5" wide (Staff is 12

Baily the sculptor of Nelson on the column in Trafalgar Sq

Preston Park Museum

Antique Pietra Dura Marble Desk Obelisk Thermometer Ashford Blue John Derbyshire Circa 1860 Sculpture of the Chapel of StSOLD 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