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A ship's hour glass.
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- Maker :
- ANONYMOUS
- Place :
- The Netherlands or Germany
- Date :
- ca. 1750
- Color :
- Uncoloured
- Height mm.:
- 138
- Width mm.:
- 85
- Condition :
- Two glass ampoules joined with modern wax silk thread and twine in oak framed with six carved oak columms 240mm high.
- Bibliography :
- -
- Seller's ref. :
- 48704
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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 The invention of clocks and watches largely superseded the practical need for hourglasses.
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View of Brewsters' Putnam Co.N.Y.
Heliographic print of Brewsters' Putnam Co.N.Y." after a design by R.K.Sneden.From Beer's famous county atlas "Atlas of New York and vicinity, a documentary record of nineteenth-century life and delightful specimens of American folk art". F. W. Beers, along with other members of his family, were among the leading county atlas publishers in period immediately following the Civil War. Their atlases provide "a detailed cartographical, biographical, and pictorial record of a large segment of rural A...
$90
Maker : DE BEERS, F.W.
Place : New York
Date : 1867
Deliciae Batavicae.
It is a charming book illustrated with portraits of Willem of Orange and Prince Maurits and eight engraved armorial plates. Followed by thirthy engraved views or scenes of Dutch cities, most with Latin text at the foot.The plates include views of Amsterdam, Leiden, a skating scene, and Prince Maurits sailing wagon. The Anatomy Theatre of the University of Leiden with a finely attired man looking at the dissected body of a man lying on the central table, surrounded by concentric benches with hum...
$5.000
Maker : MARCUS, J.
Place : Amsterdam, Johannes Janssonius
Date : 1618
Les Provinces Unies des Pays Bas, suivant les nouvelles observations. . .
With decorative title cartouche upper left corner.This example is unusual in having the additional separately engraved decorative framework border around the map, the resultant visual effect being particularly striking. The frame border was prepared with a blank center so that the map could be over-printed on that area.These separately engraved border frames appear much more uncommon than the standard edition without border frames. From Le Nouveau Theatre du Monde, ou la Geographie Royale.
$250
Maker : AA, P. van der
Place : Amsterdam
Date : 1728
Partie septentrionale des Pays-Bas comprenant .. des provinces unies. . .
Finely and crisply engraved map of Netherlands.Venetian edition of Giles Didier Robert De Vaugondy's map from Atlas Universel printed in 1776-84.Ornamental title cartouche in the upper right corner, including a large vessel in the North Sea.
$450
Maker : SANTINI, P. / REMONDINI, M.
Place : Venice, 1776 - 1784
Date : 1784
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