Lovely, Scarce Late 19th Century Nautical 14 Second Sandglass, Working Swedish momento which also included paintings and

which also included paintings and prints

Easy to roll up and throw in a bag

which to me is quite a beautiful distillation of how semiotics works

and which I think is original to the piece: there is a thin split on one side of the neck

which help me date it to 1880 or so

Lovely, Scarce Late 19th Century Nautical 14 Second Sandglass, Working Swedish momento which also included paintings andI've always got an eye out for antique sand timers, but don't come across them too often, and when I do they are usually priced well beyond my reach. This was a lucky find, and a cool one, a 14 second sand timer made for nautical use. Sailors used this type of sand glass to measure the speed of a vessel: a triangular piece of wood connected to a rope knotted every 43. 7 was thrown overboard into the sea; one sailor would let the rope out, another