Signedmaker's mark: [open-mouthed fish]
ProvenanceJoseph Drecker, Aachen, Germany, before 1928 (no. 242c); Frederik Casparus Wieder, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 1928; D. P. Wheatland, Topsfield, MA, 1959; gift to CHSI, ca. 1987.
Related WorksSimilar to sand-glass in A.J. Turner, The Time Museum, v. 1, Part 3, p. 92 and 93 (Inventory #1546, 17th century).