Hourglass with three flasks in a red and gold painted metal frame.

Each base is decorated with a bird in the grass. The wider base features a frieze of stylized flowers and the narrower base a quatrefoil motif.

The two bases are linked by six columns.

The hourglass in the centre is made up of two flasks, one of which is double.

Bubbled white glass and beige fabric seal covered with brocade thread.

Beige silica sand.

Dimensions : height of 15,3 cm x diameters 5,9 / 6,8 cm.

France circa 1720/30.

Reference : D/M6

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