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sand-glass
Object Type
sand-glass
Museum number
WB.223
Description
Sand-glass; mounted to revolve; silver parcel-gilt stand; band of scrollwork round neck; circular plate with relief scrolls at each end; plates joined by three twisted columns with two terminal winged figures on each; moulded base with band of scrollwork.
Production date
1450-1500
(altered 1800-1898)
Production place
Made in:
Germany
Materials
silver
glass
gold
Technique
parcel-gilded
mould-made
(?)
relief
twisted
Dimensions
Height:
9.90 centimetres
Weight:
139 grammes
Width:
4.80 millimetres
(base)
Depth:
3.80 millimetres
(base)
Curator's comments
Provenance: None is recorded. Bibliography: Charles Hercules Read, 'The Waddesdon Bequest: Catalogue of the Works of Art bequeathed to the British Museum by Baron Ferdinand Rothschild, M.P., 1898', London, 1902, no. 223 pl. XXX; O.M. Dalton, 'The Waddesdon Bequest', 2nd edn (rev), British Museum, London, 1927, no.223.
Bibliographic references
Read 1902 / The Waddesdon Bequest. Catalogue of the Works of Art Bequeathed to the British Museum by Baron Ferdinand Rothschild, M.P., 1898
(223)
Dalton 1927 / The Waddesdon Bequest : jewels, plate, and other works of art bequeathed by Baron Ferdinand Rothschild.
(223)
Shirley and Thornton 2017 / A Rothschild Renaissance: A New Look at the Waddesdon Bequest in the British Museum
(p.53, fig.67)
Location
On display
(G2a/dc1)
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Baron Ferdinand Anselm Rothschild
Acquisition date
1898
Acquisition notes
This collection is known as the Waddesdon Bequest under the terms of Baron Ferdinand Rothschild’s will.
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
WB.223
Conservation
Treatment
: 03 Jul 2015
Treatment
: 31 Mar 1998
Treatment
: 09 Dec 2009