Beautiful Early 19th Century Treen Sand Glass Timer - Approx. 4 Minutes gift for cook The top bar could be

The top bar could be replaced if desired by carefully opening the seam on the backside

These are in perfect condition

rough surface

but the bristles are full and firmly attached and it remains a lovely thing

created more than a hundred years prior (in 1898

Beautiful Early 19th Century Treen Sand Glass Timer - Approx. 4 Minutes gift for cook The top bar could beAnother, to my eye, perfect object, and I swear I could pass a whole day just watching the sand pass from one end of the glass bulb to the other. C. 1820s or so British I believe, with beautifully turned fruitwood ends, and recesses on the interior that cradle the free floating glass. Pretty rare to find (rather amazing for the glass to have endured some 200 years, really), some of these had ornately turned posts, but I really love the simplicity of