Lovely, Scarce Late 19th Century Nautical 14 Second Sandglass, Working character portrait There is a gold foiled

There is a gold foiled "Made in Switzerland" sticker on the back of the box with the printed number 6349

for the sunsetting of one century and the dawning of the next

Move the lever at the far end up and down to get it going

matted and framed

Occasionally I'll see something that makes me think about home staging

Lovely, Scarce Late 19th Century Nautical 14 Second Sandglass, Working character portrait There is a gold foiledI've always got an eye out for antique sand timers, but don't come across them too often, and when I do they are usually priced well beyond my reach. This was a lucky find, and a cool one, a 14 second sand timer made for nautical use. Sailors used this type of sand glass to measure the speed of a vessel: a triangular piece of wood connected to a rope knotted every 43. 7 was thrown overboard into the sea; one sailor would let the rope out, another