M-353

Time Keeping

Sand Glass

Sand Glass: Quadruple

Unidentified

Row of glasses for 1/4, 2/4, 3/4, 4/4 hours. Decorated with gold paint and marked 1-A, 2-B, 3-C, 4-D. In gilt frame with turned pillars. Pierced frieze stamped with foliate and zig-zag arabesque. Back plate with axle hole. Back plate, top, and bottom decorated with later zig-zag engraving of flowers. Salmon-colored effluence.

Four punchmarks of cross on orb (top, bottom).

17th-early 18th century

gilt brass, glass, "sand"

Germany

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Height			28
Width			25.5
Depth			7
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