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44 Tumbling Stars in an Hour Glass Formation, on an Antique American Parade Flag
Located in York County, PA
keep the textile away from the glazing, which is U.V. protective glass. Condition: There is some
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1890s American Antique Hour Glass

Italian Venetian Murano Glass Goblet
Located in Queens, NY
Italian (1890) Venetian Murano light blue glass goblet with open hour glass design pedestal stem.
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19th Century Italian Antique Hour Glass

Materials

Murano Glass

19th century French Oak and glass Hour Sand Timer, 1890s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Large oak and hour glass sand dating from the 19th century with a time of 30 min decorated with
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1890s French Antique Hour Glass

Materials

Glass, Oak

Royal Vienna Ewer, 19th Century
By Royal Vienna Porcelain
Located in Doylestown, PA
depicting two women seated spinning yarn with another woman standing holding an hour glass. The ewer is
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Hour Glass

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Porcelain

Salisbury Sterling Candlesticks
By Wallace Silversmiths
Located in Brooklyn, NY
, hour-glass shape. Towards the bottom it looks like a wedding gown that’s opened. They have a formal
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1910s American Antique Hour Glass

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Sterling Silver

Charles Hour 1870 French Neo Classic Miniature Carriage Travel Clock Gilt Ormolu
By Charles Hour
Located in Miami, FL
French miniature travel clock designed by Charles Hour Beautiful miniature carriage travel clock
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Hour Glass

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Bronze, Steel

Cranberry Glass and Ormalu Table Lamp
Located in Altrincham, GB
Late 19thC Cranberry Glass and Ormalu Table Lamp of Hour Glass Form (converted from oil lamp
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Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Hour Glass

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Ormolu

Georgian Cast Iron Hob Grate/ Fire grate
Located in London, GB
Antique cast iron "hour glass" hob grate, with bow shaped bars and decorative front.
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19th Century Georgian Antique Hour Glass

Wooden Carved Bowl With Handles, Indonesia, 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
19th century Indonesian large carved wooden bowl with hour glass shape. Two handles. Used for
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19th Century Indonesian Antique Hour Glass

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Wood

A Rare Empire Gilt-Bronze Green Tole Mahogany Jardiniere
Located in Sheffield, MA
on a rounded hour glass shaped base.
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19th Century French Antique Hour Glass

19th century Amish Wool Lancaster County, Pa. Log Cabin Variation
By Amish Quilts
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century Amish wool log cabin from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. This unusual hour glass and
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Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Hour Glass

Materials

Wool

Biedermeier Inspired Stool
Located in New York, NY
. Tapered legs with carved floret top detail and hour glass feet. New covering in indigo velvet. Perfect
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Early 20th Century Biedermeier Antique Hour Glass

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Velvet, Wood

Brown Leather Top Foot Stool, England, 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
on the sides. The hour glass shaped stool is on casters for easy movement. The top lifts up for
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19th Century English Antique Hour Glass

Materials

Leather, Upholstery

19THC MINI-POSTAGE STAMP QUILT WITH SAW TOOTH BORDER
Located in Los Angeles, CA
WORK.PRISTINE CONDITION AND GREAT SIZE.FOUND IN PENNSYLVANIA AND ALSO HAS A UNUSUAL HOUR GLASS AND SAW TOOTH
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19th Century American Antique Hour Glass

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Cotton

Midcentury Chrome-Based Settee with Chartreuse Matelasse Fabric
Located in Lambertville, NJ
seat. Sturdy construction with an hour glass coil for a comfortable and firm seat. The new fabric is a
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Early 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Antique Hour Glass

Empire Ormolu and Green Marble Four Glass Clock, Eagle Antique French
By Charles Hour
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
small chips to the corners of the glass panels and a light scratch on the front door. Charles Hour
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19th Century French Empire Antique Hour Glass

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Early 19th Century Register Grate
Located in London, GB
A large register grate in lead polished cast iron. The interior hour glass hob with intwined floral
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Hour Glass

Materials

Iron

Antique Carron Foundry 19th Century Register Fire Grate
Located in London, GB
A large register grate in lead polished cast iron. The interior hour glass hob with intwined floral
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Hour Glass

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Iron

Antique French Art Deco Five-Light Slip Shade Chandelier with Amber, circa 1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
accents finishing with a gadrooned shade attached with fluted finial, all suspended by a hour-glass linked
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Hour Glass

Materials

Metal

Extraordinary Primitive Carved Wood Stool
Located in Chicago, IL
hour-glass form. A natural imperfection in the tree trunk adds a bit of wabi-sabi interest on the back
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19th Century Primitive Antique Hour Glass

Materials

Wood

Victorian Carnelian 18 Karat Gold Signet Shield Crest Unisex Ring
Located in Philadelphia, PA
diagonally depicting a roaring lion and hour glass motif Circa 1890 Tested as 18 karat gold ring Ring Size
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1890s Victorian Antique Hour Glass

Materials

Carnelian, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

Group of Three Mexican American Serape Indian Weaving Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
and white colors. The pattern includes a G like symbol and hour glass pattern.The pair of pillows are
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Early 20th Century American Antique Hour Glass

French Belle Époque Iron and Marble Bistro Cafe Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
is supported by an iron three leg base with an hour glass form and a ring stretcher in the middle
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19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Hour Glass

Materials

Marble, Zinc, Iron

Italian Neoclassical Brass Mounted Writing Table
Located in valatie, NY
columns. Its curving center sits on an hour glass shaped shelf with a rosewood gallery. The curved X
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18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Hour Glass

19th Century Magnificent French Gilt Bronze Cherub Mantle Clock
Located in Dallas, TX
Museum quality highlighting a patinated bronze winged putti holding an hour glass, and dressed in a
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Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Hour Glass

Materials

Bronze

Antique Art Nouveau Scottish Arts Crafts Carved Walnut Sewing Work Table, 1900
Located in Portland, OR
on each side below. The table is raised on stylized 'hour glass' shaped legs and each side having
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Early 1900s Scottish Arts and Crafts Antique Hour Glass

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Walnut

1905 Victorian Turquoise Diamond 14 Karat Gold Floral Link Bracelet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
surrounded by an hour glass frame Each flower accented by a bezel set old European cut diamond weighing
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Early 1900s Victorian Antique Hour Glass

Materials

Diamond, White Diamond, Turquoise, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold

Antique Gold Skeleton Ring
Located in Baltimore, MD
images on the ring depict an hour glass and a heart, reminders that time is fleeting and love is
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1710s English George I Antique Hour Glass

Materials

18k Gold

Swedish Neoclassic Sofa Bench W/Open Hourglass Back-Splat Design, Early 19th C
Located in Atlanta, GA
x-shaped design (reminiscent of an hour-glass). The sides are flanked with wooden arms that gently
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Early 19th Century Swedish Neoclassical Antique Hour Glass

Materials

Wood

Champleve Enamel and Gilt Bronze Four Glass Regulator Clock by Hour Lavigne
Located in Tarzana, CA
A Large French Champleve Enamel & Gilt Bronze Four Glass Regulator Clock by Hour Lavigne Paris
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1880s French Antique Hour Glass

Carriage Clock, Pendulette de Voyage, France, circa 1900, Alarm and Hour Repeat
Located in Greven, DE
Antique travel clock, Carriage, Pendulette de Voyage. France brass, glass around 1900
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Early 1900s French Antique Hour Glass

Materials

Brass, Enamel

Early 20th C. Gents of Leicester 24 Hour Factory Clock c.1940
By Gents of Leicester
Located in San Francisco, CA
texture. The 18" dial has a beautifully crazed and aged appearance and also features the red 24 hour
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Early 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Antique Hour Glass

Materials

Metal

“Scholar Reading an Illuminated Manuscript” Painting by August “Claus” Meyer
By Claus Meyer
Located in Shippensburg, PA
row of three hour-glasses, a small vessel with red wax and loose papers. The upper right corner is
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Late 19th Century German Antique Hour Glass

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

Francisco de Xavier Franz Xaver Jesuitenheiliger Reverse Glass Painting, 1820
Located in Epfach, DE
missionaries and seafarers as well as the patron for a good hour of death. The reverse glass painting was made
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1820s German Antique Hour Glass

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Fruitwood, Glass

1980s "Time Comparison" World Clock Unique 24Hour International Time Wall Clock
Located in Manzano, IT
zones in a beautifully detailed 24-hour format. With a glass dial listing major cities around the world
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1880s Italian Antique Hour Glass

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Aluminum

Important Directoire Period Clock in the Return from Egypt Style
Located in Paris, FR
parts are joined by the circular white enamelled dial protected by a glass showing the hours in Roman
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1790s French Directoire Antique Hour Glass

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Marble, Bronze

Early 19th Century Mantel Clock, Pendule, La Lieuse, La Lecture, Empire, c. 1810
Located in Greven, DE
disc on the back of the movement. The lock disc striking movement strikes on the half and full hour
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Hour Glass

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Marble, Bronze, Enamel

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
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Early 20th Century Antique Hour Glass

Materials

Brass

Dog Bone Street Light with Hour Glass Shade
Located in Peekskill, NY
. Each arm had a ceramic insulator on the end. This example also has a large hour glass shaped shade. It
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Early 20th Century American Industrial Antique Hour Glass

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Milk Glass

Hour Glass Form Tramp Art Dressing Table Box
Located in Mt Kisco, NY
A tall notched wood geometric design box with a drawer below and a lidded compartment above. The lid is topped with a small rectangular mirror. The drawer and compartment are lined w...
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Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Hour Glass

Materials

Wood

Vintage French Hour Sand Glass in Pewter
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
French Pewter and Sand 15 Minutes Hour Glass
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1920s French Folk Art Antique Hour Glass

Materials

Pewter

18th Century Wedgwood John Flaxman, Blue Jasperware "Dancing Hours" Plaque
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
18th Century Wedgwood & John Flaxman, Blue Jasperware "Dancing Hours" Plaque, England, circa 1790
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Late 18th Century Antique Hour Glass

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Ceramic, Giltwood

Antique Wire Plant Stand
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An unusual hour glass form with scalloped double rim. Decorated in original white paint. On casters
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Early 20th Century Industrial Antique Hour Glass

Materials

Wire

Kralik Art Nouveau Metal Mounted Iridescent Art Glass Vase, 1900
By Kralik Glassworks
Located in Bishop s Stortford, Hertfordshire
mount with scroll and floral designs dating from circa 1900. The hour glass shaped vase has an intense
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Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Hour Glass

Materials

Blown Glass

Grand Tour Patinated Bronze Figure of Chronos Set on a Sienna Marble Base
Located in London, GB
scythe and an hour glass.
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1840s French Antique Hour Glass

Materials

Siena Marble, Bronze

Dutch school, 18th Century, An allegory of greed
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
figure of death in the top left, leaning from the window holding an hour glass pointing to the futility
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18th Century Old Masters Antique Hour Glass

Materials

Canvas, Oil

18th Century English Hourglass Bilston Enamel Motto Snuff Box, Lover s Trifle
By Bilston Battersea
Located in Philadelphia, PA
with charming bows and swags, the sought after hour glass shape is copper framed with an integral hinge
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Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Hour Glass

Materials

Copper

Antique Pair English Majolica Pottery John Adams Harvest Garden Seats, 19th C
Located in Big Flats, NY
construction in stylized hour glass form and having basketweave seat with perforated handle over bodice with
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19th Century Antique Hour Glass

Materials

Majolica, Pottery

Mary Magdalene with Book and Skull - Old Master Italian religious oil portrait
Located in Hagley, England
mori painting would often contain a portrait with a skull but other symbols commonly found are hour
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17th Century Antique Hour Glass

Materials

Oil

Annamese 19th Century Green Glazed Hourglass Garden Seat with Floral Décor
Located in Yonkers, NY
, particularly in the Annam province, an area heavily influenced - and once ruled by - China, this hour-glass
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19th Century Vietnamese Antique Hour Glass

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Ceramic

Besagno
By Wenceslaus Hollar
Located in New York, NY
always laid ye hour glass on one side, till they were gone, he always received 12 pence an hour.” The
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1660s Old Masters Antique Hour Glass

Materials

Etching

19th C European Bronze Memento Mori /Analogical Mechanical Skeleton Sculpture
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
are always at play at multiple levels, a unique of view of the hour glass of life.
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19th Century Antique Hour Glass

Materials

Bronze

The Sleeping Congregation.
By William Hogarth
Located in Storrs, CT
called the King's Arms; the Unicorn, its companion is concealed by the pillar. An hour-glass is placed at
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1730s Old Masters Antique Hour Glass

Materials

Engraving, Etching

Fromme s Kalender Art Nouveau Lithograph Poster Koloman Moser Vienna Secession
By Koloman Moser
Located in Palm Beach, FL
goddess of fate] with the hour-glass and snake-ring embodies the eternal circle of life and the running
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1890s Art Nouveau Antique Hour Glass

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Berry Bat Amphora Vase
By Paul Dachsel
Located in Palm Beach, FL
above, the vase takes on an hour-glass shape. One is immediately reminded of the transitory nature of
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Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Hour Glass

Materials

Porcelain

19th Century Biedermeier Mantel Clock with Automated Face, circa 1820-1830
Located in Greven, DE
quarter hours. The original, strongly curved glass pane is held by a finely crafted bezel. The three
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1820s German Biedermeier Antique Hour Glass

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Fruitwood

Early Nautical Hour Glass
Located in Stamford, CT
Circa 19th century early nautical hour glass made in the United States around 1850 or earlier. The
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19th Century American Antique Hour Glass

Materials

Glass, Wood

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Antique Hour Glass For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more in our collection of antique hour glass on 1stDibs. Was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, glass and wood. Your living room may not be complete without a piece of antique hour glass — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. An item from our selection of antique hour glass is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Empire, Folk Art and Industrial styles are sought with frequency. A well-made choice in our collection of antique hour glass has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Charles Hour, Edwin T. Billings and William Chawner are consistently popular.

How Much is a Antique Hour Glass?

The average selling price for a piece of antique hour glass at 1stDibs is $1,800, while they’re typically $110 on the low end and $55,000 for the highest priced.
Questions About Antique Hour Glass
  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 19, 2021
    Mercury glass, often known as "silvered glass," is an antique decorative art glass made by glassmakers in Bohemia (now the Czech Republic), England and America from the mid-nineteenth century to the early twentieth century. These are blown glass artworks with hollow interiors, the majority of which are double-walled.
  • 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 10, 2025
    There are many famous antique glass companies. Some examples include Baccarat, Barovier, Christofle, Emile Galle, Lalique, La Rochere, Mappin Webb, Muller Frères and Moser. To be considered antique, glassware must be at least 100 years old. On 1stDibs, explore a diverse assortment of antique glass.
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