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A ship's hour glass.
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- Maker :
- ANONYMOUS
- Place :
- Germany
- Date :
- ca. 1750
- Color :
- Uncoloured
- Height mm.:
- 138
- Width mm.:
- 64
- Condition :
- Two glass ampoules joined with modern wax silk thread and twine in oak framed with six carved oak columms
- Bibliography :
- -
- Seller's ref. :
- 48703
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Description
Maritime hourglass with blown glass bulbs, orange sand, junction ring covered with cord, the circular ebony frame with six turned baluster columns.
The invention of the hourglass is attributed to an 8th-century monk in Chartres, France, with the marine sandglass appearing as early as the 14th century. In earlier examples, the bulbs were connected with a material such as putty or hardened wax, bound in leather, linen or string. From about 1720, the two bulbs were welded together over a brass bead drilled with a hole, often still bound in leather.
From around 1760, the glass was blown in one piece (with the sand inserted in the cooled end before sealing it).
Ships would use the glasses to measure time at sea on a given navigational course. The invention of clocks and watches largely superseded the practical need for hourglasses.
East Canada and New Brunswick.
This is John Tallis’ map of East Canada or what is now Quebec and New Brunswick. Includes Montreal, Quebec City, and the St. Lawrence River valley. Features five vignettes which include American Indian warriors and a spectacular view of Quebec City. The whole is surrounded by a decorative vine motif border. The vignettes for this map were drawn by H. Warren and engraved by J. B. Allen. The map itself is the work of John Rapkin. The Illustrations after a design by H. Warren and engraved by J Ra...
$75
Maker : TALLIS, J.
Place : London
Date : 1851
Early 19th century magnetic dry card compass with wooden bowl,
Brass dry rose marine compass, in its mahogany case. The mariner's compass, which enabled mariners to know the direction in which they were sailing, has always been one of the most important navigational instruments.This example is mounted in a wooden box to keep it safe.. The compass itself is mounted on brass gimbals to keep it steady on a moving ship. It has a single iron needle with a brass cap that rests on a spike projecting from the bottom of the bowl, which also contains some lead to wei...
$1.750
Maker : ANONYMOUS
Place : Unknown
Date : ca. 1800
Tabula ducatus Limburch et comitatus Valckenburch. . .
The map describes the southern part of Limburg and reaches into Belgium (Liége, Verviers) and Germany. With two very decorative cartouches.
$350
Maker : DE WIT, F.
Place : Amsterdam
Date : 1690
Geldria.
An original early 17th century copper engraved miniature antique map of the Dutch province of Gelderland by Petrus Bertius, that was published in Amsterdam at the beginning of the seventeenth century. Shows extensive river systems, hills, towns and cities, sea hatching in the Zyder Zee and a strapwork title. Cities include: Arnhem, Nijmegen, Zutphen, Harderwijk. North is orientated to the left. From the Bertius atlas Tabularum geographicarum contractarum. Bertius (1565-1629) was a Flemish cartog...
$100
Maker : LANGENES, B. / BERTIUS, P.
Place : Amsterdam, 1606
Date : 1606
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