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Hour-glass
This hour-glass was recovered from the wreck of HMS 'Stirling Castle', a 70-gun ship which went aground on the Goodwin Sands in the Great Storm of 1703. The bulbs are made from greenish glass with turned lips and a pronounced 'dimple' at the base. One bulb is chipped and the sand is missing; so is the diaphragm, which controlled the flow of sand between the bulbs, and the binding for the joint. The glass is in a wooden stand is made from two circular bases with rough-turned ornamental rings, and five rectangular supports.
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Object details
| ID: | AST0111 |
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| Collection: | Astronomical and navigational instruments |
| Type: | Hour-glass |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Vessels: | Stirling Castle 1679 |
| Date made: | circa 1703 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 184 mm |
| Parts: | Hour-glass |