Antique Pietra Dura Marble Desk Obelisk Thermometer Ashford Blue John Derbyshire Circa 1860 Redo the feather-banded rosewood case is

the feather-banded rosewood case is sumptuously inlaid with floral fruitwood marquetry on the front and sides

Qianlong period

Puerto Rico) Painting of a Nude Male

He taught there until his retirement in 1972

to the back is second engraved mark of a lion rampant holding a ball

Antique Pietra Dura Marble Desk Obelisk Thermometer Ashford Blue John Derbyshire Circa 1860 Redo the feather-banded rosewood case isSOLD 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