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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 The invention of clocks and watches largely superseded the practical need for hourglasses.
A general chart of the South Atlantic Ocean Drawn by J.W.Norie hydrographer. Revised & Corrected 1854.
A 2-sheet chart of the South Atlantic Ocean, showing the coast of South America from the mouth of the Amazon to Quito in Peru. The right hand part showing Africa's coast at Angola. Scale: circa 1:8,000,000. Chart of the South Atlantic, in two sheets. Two insets, Port of Ascension and Anchorage off N.W. side of St. Helena.The chart is published for the first time in 1833, according to a date lower part map. This is A Revised & corrected edition by J.W. Norie in 1854
$600
Maker : NORIE, J.W.
Place : London
Date : 1854
![[French seizure of Chiorera.]](/uploads/cache/39911-500x500.jpg)
[French seizure of Chiorera.]
Scarce print with a German text sheet showing the French torching and looting Chiorera. From de Bry's "Great American Voyages". Johann Theodor de Bry (1561-1623) was born in Liège in 1561, the eldest son of the engraver and publisher Theodor de Bry. It was from his father that Johann learned his craft, producing both engravings and etchings. In 1588, the Lutheran De Bry family settled in Frankfurt am Main, a safe haven for Lutherans at this time of religious discord. Together with his father an...
$80
Maker : GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Place : Frankfurt, M.Merian
Date : 1633
![[Spilbergen's fleet visits the island of Santa Maria] / [The Dutch visit Isla Mocha].](/uploads/cache/41090-(1)-500x500.jpg)
[Spilbergen's fleet visits the island of Santa Maria] / [The Dutch visit Isla Mocha].
Two engravings. [514] On 29th May, 1615, Spilbergen’s fleet anchored further north, off an island called Santa María that was separated by a narrow stretch of water (A), from Punta Lavapié on the mainland. Four of the ships (I) anchored in the bay, while the fifth (H) anchored closer. The Dutch went ashore in small boats (F), where they saw Spanish soldiers on horseback (B), so they arranged themselves for battle (C). There were several confrontations (E), during which many Dutchmen died but...
$80
Maker : GOTTFRIED, J.L. / DE BRY.
Place : Frankfurt, M.Merian
Date : 1633
Americae Sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio.
This is the second copperplate of Ortelius'.
$5.500
Maker : ORTELIUS, A.
Place : Antwerp
Date : 1579
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