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Maritime Hour-glass of 30 min

Typical marine hour-glass to measure the 'glasses' of the watch

Type of object:

Timekeeper & Sundial & Compass & Barograpf

Time period:

Gouden eeuw Nederland

Place:

Europe

Date:

1700

Maker / Author:

not known

Publisher / Printer:

not known

Dimensions:

183 x 108 mm

Material:

Wood, Glass Sand and Wax

Graduation:

Inscription:

None

Provenance:

France

References:

‘Hourglasses of the past’, by Anna, Dominique and Eric Delalande, page 28 and 298

Image by Austin Neill

Description

A typical but rare wooden marine hour-glass with the rare mounting pin to fix it to the wall af a ship

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