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On viewHourglass
DateEarly 1700s
Terms
- Hourglasses
- Glass
- Sand
- Maple
- Oak
- United States
Dimensions18.5 × 19.6 cm (7 5/16 × 7 11/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Cummings E. Davis (1886)
Object numberF810
DescriptionOak or maple ends; maple supports. Glasses are blown in one piece. Metal is clear and white. Sand is red and still runs comparatively accurately. Ends are slightly molded and seared in concentric circles. Posts of baluster are turned.
Tolman Catalog, Tolman Number 35: "Hourglass, from the pulpit of the old First Parish Meeting House in Concord; about 1712."
Tolman Catalog, Tolman Number 35: "Hourglass, from the pulpit of the old First Parish Meeting House in Concord; about 1712."
