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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 The invention of clocks and watches largely superseded the practical need for hourglasses.
Carta esférica del Rio de la Plata : desde su embocadura hasta Buenos Aires.
Large nautical chart illustrating the estuary formed by the combination of the Uruguay River and the Paraná River. It forms part of the border between Argentina and Uruguay, with the major ports and capital cities of Buenos Aires in the southwest and Montevideo in the northeast.
$750
Maker : DIRECTION HIDROGRAFICA
Place : Madrid
Date : 1812-1838
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[Religious ritual on Hispaniola].
Scarce print with a German text sheet.On certain feast-days the Indian cacique, while beating a drum, led a procession of his people to the worship of their idol, which was a strange hybrid-like creature with several heads. The men were painted black, red and yellow and came first, dressed in parrot feathers and necklaces of seashells. The women, decorated with jewellery, followed with their naked daughters. When all were assembled, the cacique inserted a stake into his throat, which made him vo...
$80
Maker : GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Place : Frankfurt, M.Merian
Date : 1633
De Texel Stroom .. vant Marsdiep./ Caarte van De Mase...
Two decorative charts on one sheet, one depicting Texel and the entrance of the Zuider Zee with an inset showing the north coast of West-Friesland, the other depicting the river Maas as far inland as Rotterdam and the islands of South Holland.
$600
Maker : GOOS, P.
Place : Amsterdam
Date : 1660
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
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- Amsterdam, , Netherlands
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