Sand Timer
Wood Frame Hour Glass or Sand Timer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Over 20 inches tall, a wonderful wood framed hour glass or sand timer. A compliment to the library
Category
20th Century Victorian Scientific Instruments
Materials
Glass, Wood
Lucite Hourglass Sand Timer Sculpture in the Manner of Charles Hollis Jones
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in San Diego, CA
Seldom seen four bubble Lucite hourglass sand timer sculpture dating from the 1970s. In the manner
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Lucite
Wooden Hour Glass or Sand Timer with Hand Blown Glass
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hour Glass or Sand Timer of solid wood frame, in Mahogany or Walnut. The piece is a compliment to
Category
20th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
Midcentury Lucite Hourglass Sand Timer Sculpture After Charles Hollis Jones 1970
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Roma, IT
produced in Italy during the 1970s in the manner of Charles Hollis Jones.
The 15-minute sand timer
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Scientific Instruments
Materials
Lucite
H 4.73 in W 1.7 in D 1.7 in
Vintage Egg Timer, English, Brass, Glass, 3 Minute Sand Countdown, Mid-Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage egg timer. An English, brass and glass 3 minute sand countdown, dating to the mid
Category
Mid-20th Century British Scientific Instruments
Materials
Glass
H 6.3 in W 2.96 in D 2.96 in
Vintage Large Nautical Maritime Brass Glass Ship's Hourglass Display Model Timer
Located in San Diego, CA
a wonderful patina and can be polished if desired. Has a ship design engraved on both ends. The sand
Category
Mid-20th Century American Nautical Objects
Materials
Bronze
H 19.5 in W 7.25 in D 7.25 in
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Pop-Art Enzo Mari Style Lucite Cube Sculpture
By Enzo Mari
Located in Raleigh, NC
Vintage blue lucite cube sculpture with suspended steel marbles. In the style of Enzo Mari.
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Lucite
Frog Lighter, 1980s Japan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cool vintage table lighter in the shape of a seated frog. Made completely of metal with a hollow body. Beautiful silver color with details like small spots all over the frogs bogs. C...
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Vintage 1980s Japanese Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Metal
Nikon Camera Lighter, 1980s Japan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cool vintage table lighter in the shape of a Nikon camera. Tons of detailing to metal camera. Made in Japan. Excellent condition. Comes with original box. Good working condition. Gre...
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Vintage 1980s Japanese Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Metal
Rare Taichiro Nakay Coffee Table in Organic Shape
By La Permanente Mobili Cantù
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Taichiro Nakay (Nakai) for La Permanente Mobili Cantù, coffee table, teak veneer, reed, wood, Japan/Italy, 1950s
Taichiro Nakay is an incredibly talented Japanese designer who is mo...
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Reed, Wood, Teak
BMW Cafe Racer Motorcycle Lighter, 1980s Japan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cool vintage table lighter in the shape of a BMW cafe racer motorcycle. Made completely of metal with a hollow body. Beautiful burnished silver color with intricate details. Cool tob...
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Vintage 1980s Japanese Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Metal
Grenade Lighter, 1980s Japan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique vintage table lighter in the shape of a grenade. Made in Japan with "Comoy's of London" tag on the felted base. Cool tobacco accessory and conversation piece. Working lighter....
Category
Vintage 1980s Japanese Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Metal
Antique Late 19th Giltwood Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Gentleman
Located in Victoria, BC
The gentleman depicted in this antique oil painting has a genteel aura about him. And not just the elegant thin-rimmed spectacles, but also the books in the background identify him a...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Late Victorian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Historical American Civil War Era Wire Frame Magnifying Eye Glass Spectacles
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A delicate pair of handmade magnifying wire rim eye glasses from the American Civil War era, circa 1860.
A great looking historical conversation piece or decor item. Use this pair ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century American American Classical Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Metal
H 1.25 in W 5.5 in D 7 in
Motorcycle Lighter, 1980s Japan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cool vintage table lighter in the shape of a motorcycle. Made completely of metal with a hollow body. Beautiful burnished silver color with intricate details. Cool tobacco accessory ...
Category
Vintage 1980s Japanese Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Metal
1980s F-1 Fighter Jet Lighter
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cool vintage table lighter in the shape of a F1 Mirage fighter jet. Made in Japan, 1980s. This piece has great balance and details. Cool tobacco accessory and conversation piece. Wor...
Category
Vintage 1980s Japanese Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Metal
Fire Engine Lighter, 1980s Japan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cool vintage table lighter in the shape of a fire engine. Made completely of metal with a hollow body. Beautiful burnished silver color with intricate details. Cool tobacco accessory...
Category
Vintage 1980s Japanese Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Metal
Chopper Motorcycle Lighter, 1980s Japan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cool vintage table lighter in the shape of a two seat chopper motorcycle. Made completely of metal with a hollow body. Beautiful burnished silver color with intricate details. Tip of...
Category
Vintage 1980s Japanese Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Metal
Golf Club Head Lighter, 1980s Japan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cool vintage table lighter in the shape of a golf club driving head. Made completely of metal with a hollow body. Beautiful black body with silver and gold face plate with a grooved ...
Category
Vintage 1980s Japanese Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Metal
B-17F Bomber Plane Lighter, 1980s Japan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cool vintage table lighter in the shape of a B-17F bomber plane. Made completely of metal with a hollow body. Beautiful burnished silver color with intricate details. Cool tobacco ac...
Category
Vintage 1980s Japanese Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Metal
French Baccarat Double Overlay Millefiori Mushroom Paperweight 1979
By Cristalleries De Baccarat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A vintage Baccarat art glass paperweight handcrafted in France in 1979. The limited edition design consists of a double overlay of pale blue over white enclosing a close concentric m...
Category
20th Century French Modern Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass
An early 20th century cast metal and glass opticians trade sign.
Located in London, GB
An early 20th century cast metal and glass opticians trade sign.
An early 20th century cast metal and glass opticians trade sign, in the form of a quirky pair of spectacles. Made fro...
Category
Vintage 1910s French Victorian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Iron
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Set of 3 Maritime Sand Timers from the 18th and 19th Century, Hand Blown Glass
Located in Petaluma, CA
These wonderful antique sand timers are a set of three from the 18th and 19th centuries. They have
Category
Early 20th Century Nautical Objects
Materials
Glass
H 8 in W 3.25 in D 3.25 in
French Hourglass Sand Timer in Resin
Located in Chicago, IL
Handblown hourglass sand timer imbedded in pale yellow and black resin.
Category
Vintage 1970s French Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Resin
Antique Cookie Baking Sand Timer, English, Fruitwood, Glass, Victorian, C.1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique cookie baking timer. An English, fruitwood spool and glass 10 minute sand timer
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British More Dining and Entertaining
Materials
Fruitwood
H 13.59 in W 5.91 in D 5.91 in
French Hourglass Timer in Resin
Located in Chicago, IL
Hand blown glass hourglass sand timer imbedded in pale yellow resin.
Category
Vintage 1970s French Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Resin
Clessidre Hourglass Timer By Paolo Venini
Located in Dallas, TX
Created in Italy, circa 1955, the Paolo Venini Designed Hourglass sand timer is a timeless work of
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Glass
Materials
Glass
Large Antique English Bobbin One Hour Hourglass
Located in Essex, MA
An antique English bobbin one hour hourglass sand timer. Crafted from original antique bobbins and
Category
Antique 19th Century English Industrial Scientific Instruments
Materials
Steel
Modern Large Brass White Sand Hourglass
Located in New York, NY
Modern large brass white sand hourglass / timer, unmarked. This item is not functional. 24.25" H x
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Modern Large Brass White Sand Hourglass
Located in New York, NY
Modern large brass white sand hourglass / timer, unmarked. This item is not functional
Category
Mid-20th Century More Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Vintage Wooden Frame Sand Timer or Hour Timer
Located in Pasadena, CA
Over 20 inches tall, a wonderful wood framed hour glass or sand timer. May be placed on a mantle or
Category
Mid-20th Century American Adirondack Mantel Clocks
Materials
Glass, Wood
Vintage 1940s Pewter Hour Glass or Sand Timer
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Three-minute sand timer (circa 1940s) composed of pewter frame with molded glass interior. Modest
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Pewter
Vintage Hour Glass Sand Timer Lovely Decortive Piece Must See Pictures
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely vintage hourglass sand timer
A very decorative
Category
20th Century English Country More Dining and Entertaining
Materials
Glass
Italian Brass Hour Glass or Sand Timer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A brass hour glass. The piece is a compliment to many interiors and looks especially good on a desk or as part of a collection on a console table or even a cocktail table - or in the...
Category
Early 20th Century Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Carl Aubock Horn Hourglass, Sand Timer, Brass, Austria, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful and rare modernist hour glass/sand clock from the 1950s. Designed and executed by Carl
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Carl Aubock Mid-Century Hour Glass, Sand Timer, Horn, Brass, Austria, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful and rare modernist hour glass / sand clock / egg timer from the 1950s. Designed and
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
H 4.5 in W 2.75 in D 2.25 in
Large 19th Century Hourglass
Located in Donhead St Mary, Wiltshire
A large 19th century hourglass with clear glass blown bulbs woven together, the sand timer is
Category
Antique 19th Century More Desk Accessories
Materials
Blown Glass
19th Century Sandglass
Located in London, by appointment only
An early 19th century glass sand timer. The glass is supported on leather pads and surmounted and
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Dutch Rustic Scientific Instruments
Materials
Blown Glass
Walter Bosse Zodiac Twins Mid-Century Hourglass, Brass, Hertha Baller, 1950s
By Herta Baller, Walter Bosse
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful modernist hour glass / sand timer, made of brass, displaying the zodiac sign twins
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern More Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Brass Sand Clock/Timer
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This a sand clock made with glass and brass. Two round brass plates joined by three brass columns
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Classical Roman More Clocks
Materials
Brass
Unusual 18th Century Rectangular Scientific Sand Glass Timer
Located in Essex, MA
A sculptural and functional 18th century rectangular 14-second cased sand glass timer, the mahogany
Category
Antique 18th Century English George III Scientific Instruments
Materials
Blown Glass, Mahogany
Huge 44” Tall Table Pedestal Sandglass Hourglass Timer Sculpture Artist
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Artist-signed and dated (Hudson Favell 1979) huge sandglass pedestal table timer. Two heavy blocks
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Pedestals
Materials
Art Glass, Maple
Rare Hourglass Egg Timer Designed by Carl Aubock in Natural Horn, Austria 1950
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find an extremely rare Mid-Century Modern Hourglass Egg Timer designed by
Category
Vintage 1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass
H 4.34 in W 2.76 in D 2.37 in
18th Century Ebonised Oak Hourglass or Sand-Timer, circa 1770
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
Of typical form, the ebonised oak hourglass or sand-timer, with draught turned ends and five turned
Category
Antique 1770s English George III Scientific Instruments
Materials
Blown Glass, Oak
Five Vintage Sand Timer “Hour” Glass Timers
Located in Antwerp, BE
A collection of five sand timers in glass and wood; brass, oak, birch and fruitwood. The sand in
Category
Early 20th Century European Scientific Instruments
19th Century French Three-Minute Glass Sand Timer
Located in Antwerp, BE
An Early 19th Century French blown glass sand timer held in a wood case.
All original and in
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French More Furniture and Collectibles
Set of Three Wood and Handblown Glass Maritime Sand Timers, 18th-19th Century
Located in Petaluma, CA
These beautiful sand timers are from the Empire period and have round wood frames, tapering turned
Category
Early 20th Century European Empire Nautical Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
Large Brass Hourglass
Located in New York, NY
# Y087 - Large brass and glass hourglass sand timer having brass frame with glass containing white
Category
20th Century More Furniture and Collectibles
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Sand Timer For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic sand timer available at 1stDibs. A sand timer — often made from glass, blown glass and metal — can elevate any home. There are many kinds of the sand timer you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right sand timer, those designed in Georgian, Mid-Century Modern and Art Deco styles are of considerable interest. You’ll likely find more than one sand timer that is appealing in its simplicity, but Carl Auböck, Charles Hollis Jones and Werkstätte Carl Auböck produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a Sand Timer?
Prices for a sand timer can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $150 and can go as high as $2,700, while the average can fetch as much as $750.
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