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Brand: AM       ( Ref: HG008 )

Overall length: 18.5 cm  (7.25 in.)
Overall width: 13 cm  (5 in.)
Overall height: 26 cm  (10 in.)

Weight: 1120 g

Materials: solid wood (patinated )
          solid brass

Hourglass with Stand.

A heavy bronzed 30 minutes hourglass on his wooden stand.

18th C. industrial design, bronze and wood…
Some hourglasses measured up to two hours, used at a time when church pews were designed by the Inquisition to torture the human back.
Ship's hourglasses were calibrated to the half hours of the ship's watch, and if the helmsman didn't turn the hourglass too early it actually doubled in defining longitude.
Navigators tried to keep count of the hours; the galleons wrecked on the Western Australian reefs remind us of the perils of incorrectly kept time.

The wood has a french finishing (repetitive manual polishing with very soft pads) who gives him a brilliant aspect, deep colors and a very soft touch.

Attention to detail, historical interest, authentic materials characterize this very fine hourglass made by AM, world-renowned for its museum quality reproductions.

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AM is a Dutch company created in 1968 by Haring Piebenga. Its focus is to create a comprehensive collection of historical objects and fine art reproductions in museum quality. AM proposes reproductions that appeal to a need for nostalgia, intrigue, and beauty. All its products are designed in house, by its own design team. Originals are pursued at auction and reproduced with an AM twist. For AM, 38 years later, it is always very personal. We develop our products because we like them and we believe that others will also like them… And our Cabinet of Curiosities continues growing...