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A 17TH CENTURY FOUR-BULB SAND-GLASS

Brass frame with a lot of bronze-coloured corrosion and nine turned columns.
Openwork frame with pearl edge and decorated all round with scrolls.
Green glass with colour differences and irregularities (air bubbles, glass hairs).
The ampoules are connected through classic knot connections of copper thread and wax.
Height of the frame 20 cm.
Width 22 cm.
Various running times.
Origin: Southern Netherlands

SOLD

18TH CENTURY SANDGLASS

Beautiful sandglass in very pretty colour full paper mache frame.
The separately blown bulbs connected trough a classic node.
Running time a half hour, in two times 15 minutes.
Height 18 cm (7, 2 inches)
Diameter 8 cm (3, 2 inches)
Land of origin presumably France or Italy.
 
SOLD too a Dutch museum 

BRASS HOURGLASS 19TH CENTURY

Stylish Gothic hourglass in brass frame.
Openwork frame with decorated pillars and pointed arches with pretty engravings.
On both undersides an engraved rosette.
Height 17 cm. (6.75 inches)
Diameter 8 cm. (3 inches)
Running time 60 minutes

SOLD too a Dutch museum

DUTCH SAND TIMER 17TH CENTURY

A very handsome sand timer in a travel case.
Safely put away in its protecting paper mache case, this sand timer could easily be carried whilst travelling.
This sand timer has perfectly weathered the ages, in no small part because of its case.
Many tiny air bubbles in the glass and a perfectly smooth knotted connection between both ampoules.
Nice clear glass filled with a clean white interior.
The little round door in the casing closes perfectly and still has the original brass closing hooks.
The paper mache is fitted with a material that is richly decorated with red tulips and leaf motifs.
In the 17th century, the Golden Age, the tulip was used as a symbol for the Netherlands; tulip decorations point to the then blossoming tulip bulb trade.
Except for a few little dents in the paper mache, the whole is in top museum condition.
Perhaps a unique acquisition for the clock collector who already has everything.
Running time: a full hour.
Height 13 cm (5 inches)
Diameter 6 cm (2.5 inches)

SOLD