1760-1800
GUSN-10627
Hourglass with green glass enclosed in tin carrying case. Glass (probably not American made) is fastened in teh center with a bit of time leather wound with wire.
hourglasses
glass (material)
tin (metal)
Tin
Glass
HOURGLASS
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
5 x 3 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1992.518
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