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Classical 1 hour & 1/4 hour Hourglasses
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Classical: With origins going back more than 1000 years, the 'Renaissance' Hourglass is a reminder of how the accurate measurement of time was once very difficult.

It is caged within a decorative frame of hand-finished hardwood and is a link to a long gone past.  The glass is hand-made by skilled glassblowers - see below for more detail.

Model QHG (1/4 hour glass)
OLD Price: £17.95  (£21.95 incl. packing & carriage*)

Price NOW: £14.00 (£18.00 including packing & carriage*)

Size: 7" x 4¼" diameter  (17.8cm x 10.8cm)
Weight: typically 0.75lbs (340gm)

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Model RHG (1 hour glass)
Price: £33.50  (£42.50 incl. carriage & packing*)
     SORRY, SOLD OUT ( but the Contempo modern one-hour Hourglass is now on sale for £29.95! )
 

Size: 12½" x 6¾" diameter  (31.75cm x 17.1cm)
Weight: typically 3lbs (1.36kgm)

* Carriage paid to; England, Wales, Scotland (incl. Highlands & Islands), N. Ireland, Isle of Man & the Isles of Scilly.  Please enquire for elsewhere.


 

1-Hour Hourglass

More about hourglass history
Early navigators were users of precision hourglass' and Columbus used a half-hour version of this instrument on his voyages to the New World.  Some European Kings used teams of servants whose sole task was to immediately flip the hourglass each time the sand ran out and, by keeping count of the number of 'flips', could track time more accurately than previously possible.

The Glass Blower's skill
The angle of the sides of each bulb plus the size of the pin-hole connecting the two bulbs are major factors affecting the flow of sand in an hourglass.  Having created two bulbs with the correct shape, the glass blowers then had to create a pin-hole of precisely the right size to correctly regulate the flow of sand.


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