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anonymous

Three Sand Glasses

France, c. 1860

Object data

wood, cork, brass, glass and sand

(1): height 12.5 cm × diameter 6.6 cm
(2): height 13.6 cm × diameter 6.7 cm
(3): height 13.6 cm × width 6.8 cm × depth 7.1 cm

Inscriptions

  • inscription, on model 1, on the top: 15 S / MARINE / Nº 199 / IMPERIALE
  • inscription, on model 2, on the top: 30 S / MARINE / Nº 223 / IMPERIALE
  • inscription, on model 3, on the top: 30 S / MARINE / Nº 425 / IMPERIALE

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-1118

Copyright: Public domain

Entry

Set of three sand glasses (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.

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Three Sand Glasses, 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.645409

(accessed 15 November 2024 03:55:22).

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