Thermometer

thermometer

INSTRUMENTS
USA, CT, East Norwalk
metal; wood; glass; mercury
Overall: 38 3/4 x 8 x 3/4 in.

Thermometer; sheet metal painted yellow; thermometer set into center, secured with block of wood on reverse; at top is red stern view of oyster sloop; printed alongside "THE SEASON BRINGS/ A/ TREAT/ FROM THE/ DEEP/ WHITE ROCK/ AND/ GRASSY/ HAMMOCK/ Quality/ OYSTERS/ GROWN-PACKED AND SHIPPED/ BY/ FREDERICK F. LOVEJOY/ EAST NORWALK, CONN; thermometer degrees range from 0 to 120; printed below in red "WHEN YOUR FOOD MERCHANT/ HANDLES OYSTERS THAT/ COME IN THIS CONTAINER/ YOU KNOW THAT HE/ PUTS QUALITY FIRST"; below is logo of tin of White Rock and Grassy Hammock Oysters, Member of Oyster Institute of North America; stamped at bottom "DORRMANN BROS./ CORONA, N.Y."

UNIDENTIFIED oyster sloop
1996.133.10