‡ An early H.G. Murphy silver and ivory thermometer

‡ An early H.G. Murphy silver and ivory thermometer, rounded rectangular form, rope-work border and loop terminal, with niello decoration of a sun within foliate and scroll borders, ivory back panel, the glass thermometer broken, stamped H.G.M. monogram, 22.5cm long. Provenance H.G. Murphy (1884-1939), and thence by descent to the present owner. Paul Atterbury and John Benjamin, The Jewellery and Silver of H.G. Murphy, Antique Collectors' Club, 2005, page 78 this example illustrated.