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sand glass

sand glass

Datecirca 1800
Inventory Number7294
ClassificationSand Glass
Subject
    Maker French ?
    Place of Origin
      Dimensions13.6 × 7.9 × 7.9 cm (5 3/8 × 3 1/8 × 3 1/8 in.)
      Material
        AccessoriesNone
        DescriptionAmpoules blown in one piece and sealed. Bases decorated with strip of textured gilding around edges. Round bases, three columns, two ampoules. Approximately 24 minute duration.
        Signedunsigned
        InscribedMarked on both bulbs in red paint "24" (one of the markings very faint).
        ProvenanceFrederik Casparus Wieder, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, before 1959; D. P. Wheatland, Topsfield, MA, 1959; gift to CHSI, ca. 1987.
        Historical AttributesTimed at 24 min.
        sand glass
        sand glass
        English
        Date: dated 1888
        Accessories: None
        Object number: 7306
        sand glass
        sand glass
        French
        Date: 1800-1850
        Object number: 7291
        sand glass
        sand glass
        American
        Date: circa 1820
        Accessories: None
        Object number: 7297
        sand glass
        sand glass
        Date: circa 1800
        Accessories: None
        Object number: 7293
        sand glass
        sand glass
        French
        Date: circa 1750
        Accessories: None
        Object number: 7292
        sand glass
        sand glass
        Date: 1820
        Object number: 7288
        sand glass
        sand glass
        Date: circa 1825
        Accessories: None
        Object number: 7302
        sand glass
        sand glass
        Date: circa 1800
        Accessories: Wooden Frame with Turned Pillars made to hold two sand-glasses. The frame is missing one knob on top and its center posts so can no longer support the sand-glasses.
        Object number: 7307
        Image Not Available for sand glass
        sand glass
        Date: circa 1800
        Accessories: None
        Object number: 7304
        sand glass
        sand glass
        German
        Date: 17th Century
        Object number: 7295
        log glass
        log glass
        American
        Date: 1825-1900
        Object number: 1990-1-0008
        sand glass
        sand glass
        English
        Date: 1825-1850
        Object number: 7305