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Three Sand Glasses
anonymous, c. 1860
Set van drie logglazen, één van 15 seconden en twee van 30 seconden. De zandlopers zijn gemonteerd tussen houten plaatjes die bijeengehouden worden door messing bouten.
- Artwork typesand glass
- Object numberNG-MC-1118
- Dimensions(3): height 13.6 cm x width 6.8 cm x depth 7.1 cm, (1): height 12.5 cm x diameter 6.6 cm, (2): height 13.6 cm x diameter 6.7 cm
- Physical characteristicswood, cork, brass, glass and sand
Identification
Title(s)
Three Sand Glasses
Object type
Object number
NG-MC-1118
Description
Set van drie logglazen, één van 15 seconden en twee van 30 seconden. De zandlopers zijn gemonteerd tussen houten plaatjes die bijeengehouden worden door messing bouten.
Inscriptions / marks
- inscription, on model 3, on the top: ‘30 S / MARINE / Nº 425 / IMPERIALE’
- inscription, on model 2, on the top: ‘30 S / MARINE / Nº 223 / IMPERIALE’
- inscription, on model 1, on the top: ‘15 S / MARINE / Nº 199 / IMPERIALE’
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Creation
Creation
instrument maker: anonymous, France
Dating
c. 1860
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Material and technique
Physical description
wood, cork, brass, glass and sand
Dimensions
- (3): height 13.6 cm x width 6.8 cm x depth 7.1 cm
- (1): height 12.5 cm x diameter 6.6 cm
- (2): height 13.6 cm x diameter 6.7 cm
Explanatory note
In totaal werden vier logglazen in 1862 door de heer De la Marche, hydrografisch ingenieur van de Franse Marine, aan de Nederlandse Marine aangeboden; een glas van 15 seconden is verloren.
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Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
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anonymous
Three Sand Glasses
France, c. 1860
Inscriptions
- inscription, on model 1, on the top:15 S / MARINE / Nº 199 / IMPERIALE
- inscription, on model 2, on the top:30 S / MARINE / Nº 223 / IMPERIALE
- inscription, on model 3, on the top:30 S / MARINE / Nº 425 / IMPERIALE
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-1118
Entry
Set of three sand glasses (NG-MC-1118-1, NG-MC-1118-2, NG-MC-1118-3), one of 15 seconds, two of 30 seconds. The glasses are mounted between two wooden plates, held together by brass bolts.
Four glasses were presented to the Dutch Navy in 1862 by Mr De la Marche, hydrographic engineer of the French Navy.1J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1118; HNA 2.12.01 Min. Marine, Exh. 19/3/1862 N401 (not found). The fourth glass, a 15 second glass, is lost.
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Three Sand Glasses, France, c. 1860', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/200668612
(accessed 9 December 2025 19:09:37).Footnotes
- 1J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1118; HNA 2.12.01 Min. Marine, Exh. 19/3/1862 N401 (not found).