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
anonymous
Three Sand Glasses
France, c. 1860
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
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