exceptional all original 19th century american victorian era indoor residential indoor room freestanding or wall-mount thermometer designed and fabricated by the bradley & hubbard manufacturing co., meriden, conn. the finely crafted and wonderfully detailed thermometer is comprised of solid cast bronze with a nicely aged surface patina left intact. the lightly incised brass temperature scale plate and encased fully functional thermometer are original and intact. the pivoting support stand is intact. excellent overall condition. the bradley & hubbard manufacturing co., as originally organized in 1852, was composed of nathaniel l. bradley, william l. bradley, walter hubbard and the hatch brothers, the capital being $5,000. the business rapidly increased and two years later, more capital being an imperative necessity, the hatch brothers disposed of their interests, and the new company of bradley & hubbard was organized, consisting of walter hubbard, william l. and nathaniel l.bradley. the business continued under this name until 1862, when william l. bradley disposed of his interest to nathaniel l. bradley and walterhubbard. this co-partnership lasted until 1875, when a joint stock company was formed, bearing the name of the bradley & hubbard manufacturing co. their manufacture was in the line of chandeliers, brackets, piano lamps, banquet lamps, bordeaux lamps, table lamps and hanging lamps for oil in brass, bronze and wrought iron, all of which have the celebrated b. & h. burner. oil stoves were also made in great variety. gas and combination gas and electric fixtures were made in bronze, brass and wrought iron, and comprise what were conceded to be the finest goods made, both in artistic design and finish. bronze statuary, bronzes, stationers' art goods, brass tables with onyx, brass and wrought iron and irons, fenders and fire sets, clocks in ornamental iron cases, taking the place of french clocks, and a variety of elegant ware in bronze and brass, not readily classified, were to be seen at their elaborate show rooms.