Historical information
This temperature gauge would have been used in the past to take the temperature of water in a pot or bath. Water temperature gauges are still in use today.
Significance
Although this item has no known local provenance it is retained as an example of a household item of the past – a water temperature gauge.
Physical description
This is a glass temperature gauge set into a metal holder with markings on each side of the thermometer. The holder has a metal clip at the top for hanging the object on a wall or cupboard. The holder is much rusted.
Inscriptions & markings
‘Cold, Cool, Temp, Tepid, Warm, Hot’
‘351’
