| Figure 14 Hour glass in frame, New England, possibly southeastern Massachusetts, 1780–1820. Maple, glass, leather, and sand. H. 6 7/8 ", Diam. 3 3/4". (Private collection; photo, Winterthur Museum.) The glass has a history of use in the Lafayette Masonic Lodge of Charleton, Massachusetts, which was chartered in 1796 and disbanded ca. 1827. | |
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