Accession No

1212

Brief Description

sand glass

Origin

Maker

Class

navigation; horology

Earliest Date

Latest Date

Inscription Date

Material

wood; glass; stone (sand); rope (string); cloth

Dimensions

height 165mm; diameter 78mm

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 with bound centre. Glass held in wooden frame with four wooden pillars. Centre of glass bound with red cloth and string. Contains red sand.

Condition good; complete.

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