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Hourglasses

Hourglasses

An Hourglass(or Sand timer, Sand watch, or Sand clock is used to measure the passage of time. It has to glass containers attached to each other through narrow pipe.Hourglasses were used extensively in ancient time. The image above is of the Sand timer used in year 1338, will tell you about the history of Sand Clock.

These days Sand Clock is used for measuring a fix time period . e.g. if you want to make a dish and have to cook it for 15 minutes. Then instead of using high tech gadget, you can use a 15 minute hourglass to measure such time. This kind of sand timer is often called as kitchen timer.Sand Clock is an excellent home decor item. Artshai has a wide range of sand cloks of various duration and sizes.It is available in Sheesham wood, brass and copper material in both antique and shiny finish.Go through our products as given below. All Items are handmade and these could have time variation of 5%.

While going through the products, do check how much duration it is of. e.g. it could be 1 minute sand timer hourglass, 3 minute sand timer hourglass etc.