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Sandglass

Unmarked
about 1550
Object PlaceEngland or Germany
Medium/TechniqueSilver gilt, blown glass, silk, gold thread
DimensionsH. (wall mounted, open) 22.1 cm (18 11/16 in.); W. 17.9 cm (7 1/16 in.); Diameter 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.); Weight: 620.9 gm (19 oz 19 dwt)
Credit LineTheodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour
Accession number57.533
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSilver
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1956, John Hunt, London and Dublin; 1957, sold by Hunt to the MFA for £1,500. (Accession Date: June 5, 1957)
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about 1500–25, with later alterations
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style of late 15th century
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about 1580
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about 1600–25
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about 1600
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possibly late 14th–early 15th
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about 1675
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possibly about 1820
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17th century (?)
Corkscrew
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18th century
Book cover
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about 1640–55