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Description: | A 60-minute ship's glass filled with yellow sand. The glass has a greenish tinge and pronounced 'dimples' where the bulb meets the stand. The central joint is bound with leather. The wooden stand is broken and is in five fragments. It originally had circular bases, and four rounded carved supports and one square one.
See glossary definition for 'Ship's glass'.
This object is broken.
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Hourglass hour-glasses | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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