Bronzen zandloper, 1812
Edward Nairne, London
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Deze bronzen zandloper liep initieel 30 minuten en werd gebruikt op de HMS Amelia.
Dergelijke zandlopers gaven de wachtlooptijd aan: 1 ‘glas’ is 30 minuten, ‘8 glazen’ is dus 4 uur en staat gelijk met 1 wacht. Dan klonken er acht slagen met de scheepsbel.
A rare brass hourglass, that probably initially ran 30 min, to measure the watches.
In 1812 mounted on the Amelia, but probably production was earlier as Nairne worked in Cornhill, London from 1753 till 1793 (died in 1806)
The HMS Amelia; She spent 20 years in the Royal Navy, participating in numerous actions in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, capturing a number of prizes, and serving on anti-smuggling and anti-slavery patrols. Her most notable action was her intense and bloody, but inconclusive, fight with Aréthuse in 1813. Amelia was broken up in December 1816.
So probably this hourglass survived the fight with Aréthuse in 1813.