Time Stopped: Antique Handblown Glass Hourglass with No Armature northern california which was placed on a

which was placed on a chair to photograph--perhaps a full plate daguerreotype

Fascinating

overall very good condition and really looks great

For those of you who carefully choose jewelry daily to complement your attire (I admire you

with the stems never folded and such great graphics that they would also be worthy of popping in a frame

Time Stopped: Antique Handblown Glass Hourglass with No Armature northern california which was placed on aI know this is an old one, as I found it along with remnants of an antique hand cut tin lattice sleeve, which would have held it to make it usable (no longer the case.) Which made me realize how lovely an object a liberated (and thwarted) hourglass is when set on its side formally and metaphorically resonant in all sorts of ways! 2 1 2" long. Hand blown, with pontils at either end, and satisfying pinkish brown sand. Nice patina to the surface of the