Sand glass
Category
Scientific instruments
Date
1775 - 1800
Materials
Wood, Sand, Glass
Measurements
160 mm (Height); 87 mm (Diameter)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1333452
Summary
Thirty-minute sand glass. Wooden frame with four turned pillars and circular ends. The glass at one end held in thin, wooden cups. Unsigned, perhaps late 18th century.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.