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A SILVER-MOUNTED IVORY TUSK THERMOMETER
MAKER'S MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1890
The base shaped circular with four elephant-foot supports, chased with arrowheads cactus, palm and geometric design with the inscription MASAI LAND 1890, the curved tusk mounted with a silver thermometer terminating in fruit and chased with the distinctions and temperatures Blood Heat, Summer Heat, Temperate, Freezing, with engraved signature under one foot--overall height 33 1/8in.
MAKER'S MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1890
The base shaped circular with four elephant-foot supports, chased with arrowheads cactus, palm and geometric design with the inscription MASAI LAND 1890, the curved tusk mounted with a silver thermometer terminating in fruit and chased with the distinctions and temperatures Blood Heat, Summer Heat, Temperate, Freezing, with engraved signature under one foot--overall height 33 1/8in.