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Thermometer
Spencer Crane & Co.
1800-1825
Category
Clocks, Watches, and Scientific Instruments
Creator/Artist/Maker
Spencer Crane & Co. (Maker)
Place of Origin
New York; New York; New York; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Mahogany
- Glass
- Brass
- Mercury
Museum Object Number
1963.0068
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Complete Details
Object Number
1963.0068
Object Name
Thermometer
Category
Clocks, Watches, and Scientific Instruments
Creator (Role)
Spencer Crane & Co. (Maker)
Place of Origin
New York; New York; New York; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1800-1825
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Front face
Inscription: Spencer Crane & Co/ New York
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Mahogany
- Glass
- Brass
- Mercury
Dimensions (inches)
15.25 (H) x 2.375 (W) x 1 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
38.735 (H) x 6.032 (W) x 2.54 (D)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Fennimore, Donald L. 1996 Metalwork in Early America: Copper and Its Alloys from the Winterthur Collection.
• Published: cat.188, p.291Thesis: Hurst, Neal. 2015 For the Heat is Beyond Your Conception: Men's Summer Dress in the American South During the Long Eighteenth-Century. M.A. Winterthur Winterthur Program in American Material Culture