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sand glass

sand glass

Date1820
Inventory Number7288
ClassificationSand Glass
Subject
    Dimensions10.5 × 6.5 × 6.5 cm (4 1/8 × 2 9/16 × 2 9/16 in.)
    Material
      DescriptionAmpoules blown in one piece. Pillars decoratively turned once in the middle, pegged into bases.,Round bases, four pillars, with two ampoules. Duration is 14 seconds.
      Signedunsigned
      InscribedNumber "14" is written in ink on one end.
      FunctionPossibly used with a log and line for determining distance travelled at sea.
      ProvenanceHarrold E. Gillingham, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, purchased in Boston, c. 1930. David P. Wheatland purchased from Gillingham, 1949. Donated to CHSI August 17, 1988.
      Historical AttributesTimed at 14 sec.
      sand glass
      sand glass
      American
      Date: circa 1820
      Accessories: None
      Object number: 7297
      sand glass
      sand glass
      French
      Date: 1800-1850
      Object number: 7291
      sand glass
      sand glass
      Date: circa 1825
      Accessories: None
      Object number: 7302
      sand glass
      sand glass
      Date: circa 1800
      Accessories: None
      Object number: 7293
      log glass
      log glass
      American
      Date: 1825-1900
      Object number: 1990-1-0008
      sand glass
      sand glass
      English
      Date: dated 1888
      Accessories: None
      Object number: 7306
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      sand glass
      Date: circa 1800
      Accessories: None
      Object number: 7304
      sand glass
      sand glass
      French
      Date: circa 1750
      Accessories: None
      Object number: 7292
      sand glass
      sand glass
      French
      Date: circa 1800
      Accessories: None
      Object number: 7294
      sand glass
      sand glass
      English
      Date: 1825-1850
      Object number: 7305
      sand glass
      sand glass
      German
      Date: 17th Century
      Object number: 7295
      sand glass
      sand glass
      Italian
      Date: mid 18th Century
      Object number: 7300