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Objekt 9

Two-glass hourglass (probably pulpit hourglass)

Object description

Germany, probably 17th century

Case made of reddish brown lacquered wood, four turned columns, wall board with wing screw for fixing, white glass, winding wooden ring with leather, white sand

Running time: smaller glass 12 minutes, larger glass 30 minutes 35 seconds

Deposit Emanuel George Sarasin-Grossmann, Basel

Inv. 1982.639.

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