Time Stopped: Antique Handblown Glass Hourglass with No Armature northern california the equivalent to "foo dogs"

the equivalent to "foo dogs" in Chinese culture) repeating around the perimeter of both top and bottom halves of the box

which I purchased from a wonderful paper dealer from upstate New York at the Papertown show in Boxborough

overall very good condition and really looks great

with the stems never folded and such great graphics that they would also be worthy of popping in a frame

it reveals itself slowly

Time Stopped: Antique Handblown Glass Hourglass with No Armature northern california the equivalent to "foo dogs"I know this is an old one, as I found it along with remnants of an antique hand cut tin lattice sleeve, which would have held it to make it usable (no longer the case.) Which made me realize how lovely an object a liberated (and thwarted) hourglass is when set on its side formally and metaphorically resonant in all sorts of ways! 2 1 2" long. Hand blown, with pontils at either end, and satisfying pinkish brown sand. Nice patina to the surface of the