Description
This is a vintage brass and glass 10-minute hourglass sand timer,oblong, with pale blue sand.
The owners were born in the 1930's.
He was a pharmacist and she was an English war bride who brought several trunks
of things with her when she came over on the Queen Elizabeth in 1946. Please zoom in on photos to see the metal and inside the glass chamber.The two glass bulbs are solid and intact. The pale blue sand is fine and dry. Despite age, this sand time is accurate to ten minutes! Measures 3-5/8" tall X 11/16" wide X 5/8" deep
Weighs 1.4 ounces