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anonymous

Sand Glass of 15 Seconds

France, c. 1860

Object data

wood, cork, brass, glass and sand

height 12.5 cm × diameter 6.6 cm

Inscriptions

  • inscription, on the top: 15 S / MARINE / Nº 199 / IMPERIALE

Provenance

...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883

Object number: NG-MC-1118-1

Copyright: Public domain

Entry

Set of three sandglasses (NG-MC-1118-1, NG-MC-1118-2, NG-MC-1118-3), one of 15 seconds, two of 30 seconds. The glasses are mounted between two wooden plates, held together by brass bolts.

Four glasses were presented to the Dutch Navy in 1862 by Mr De la Marche, hydrographic engineer of the French Navy.1 The fourth glass, a 15 second glass, is lost.

Literature

J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1118

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Sand Glass of 15 Seconds, France, c. 1860', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.244931

(accessed 15 November 2024 03:56:07).

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