hourglass
Object NameHour Glass in Wooden Frame
Made FromGlass, Wood, Sand, Wax
Dateabout 1800-1850
Place Madeprobably England
TechniqueBlown
SizeOverall H: 21 cm; Top Diam: 10.9 cm
Accession Number68.2.3
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Curiosities of Glassmaking
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionPale green non-lead glass; blown. Two pear-shaped bubbles, with everted, flat rims, joined at the rims, and held together with wrapped thread and red sealing wax; the bases of each section with rounded kicks and (presumably) rough pontil marks; held in a wooden frame, composed of two circular plates, with two concentric pairs of turned rings on the outside, spaced with four slightly bulbous turned rods and one flat slat, each running through the top and bottom wood plates; a wad of paper inserted under one end of the hour glass.Provenance
Former Collection
Leonard Pelton
