Objekt 7
Four-glass hourglass, probably for a courtroom
Object description
16. Century.
Ivory case, turned columns, profiled plates with black wooden feet, both plates with one, two, three and four raised small cones made of ebony to indicate the number of quarter hours, white glass, winding with red sealing wax and gold threads, gray metal sand
Inscription: BEATI QUI SITIVNT IUSTITIAM
Running time: 1 quarter, 2 quarter, 3 quarter and 4 quarter hours
Bequest Carl and Lini Nathan-Rupp, Binningen
Inv. 1982.1139.