Accession No

1213

Brief Description

sand glass, post 1700

Origin

Maker

Class

horology

Earliest Date

1700

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

wood (cork and one other); glass; stone (sand); cloth

Dimensions

height 171mm; diameter 92mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Donation from the Science Museum, London, 15/08/1953. Previously in Convent of the Holy Sepulchre, New Hall, Chelmsford. Previously owned by R.R. Abbot Ethelbert Horne of Downside Abbey.

Inscription

Description Notes

Sand glass in wooden frame with four turned wooden pillars. Cloth-covered cork plug in one end of the glass. 31-minute glass.
Paper label “Cambridge No. 3”; 3 pasted on top.

Condition good; complete.

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