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Bradley Hubbard Art Nouveau Thermometer. Has the B&H initials on back shown in pictures, Incredible details. Has nice ornate designs with raised relief with many swirls and the lovely fruit filled urn topper. Metal is magnetic so going with cast iron and brass. Check pictures and have some fun reading at bottom about Bradley & Hubbard from the great Wikipedia.
Measures 11 1/2″ tall laying flat, close to 6″ wide and 7 3/4″ deep with back leg open in upright position, 4 3/4″ wide and 2 3/4″ deep. Weight is nice little over 1 1/2 pound. Thermometer working condition/ accuracy is unknown but glass is intact and hovering around 88%.
Has is aged finish wear and only issue I see is the back let screws, one looks replaced with a larger one and other looks original. thermometer glass is pretty clean. besides the normal 100 year old+ handling finish marks. This piece has so much going for it like condition, looks to have a silver pewter plating, wood backing and hanging ring for wall mount. Sits fine and dont see any damage. Brass plate has some wear with writing still legible and bold with nice Patina showing age.
Guessing made late 1800’s. Cool Old Art Nouveau Figural Thermometer!!
Please check pictures for description and condition.
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The Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company (1852–1940) was formed in Meriden, Connecticut, and over the years produced Art Brass tables, call bells, candlestick holders, clocks, match safes, lamps, architectural grilles, railings, etc. Overall the company patented 238 designs and mechanical devices. “By the 1890s, the Bradley and Hubbard name was synonymous with high quality and artistic merit,” said Richard E. Stamm for the Smithsonian Institution, which has an extensive collection of Bradley and Hubbard manufactured design objects in its collection.[1]
In 1895, in a biography of co-founder Nathaniel Bradley, Henry Hall described Bradley & Hubbard as, “This company has enjoyed almost phenomenal success, and from a small concern, employing only six workmen, it has grown to own and occupy an immense plant of brick buildings, with a floor area of nearly seven acres, employing about 1,500 operatives, with offices and sales rooms in New York, Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia.
In 1940, the business was sold.
