Marine Arts Sand Timer
This polished brass hourglass features three gleaming rods connecting the engraved top and bottom plates. Each rod is capped with decorative finials that double as graceful feet. Inside, fine white sand flows steadily through the glass chamber, creating an age-old symbol of balance, patience and the passage of time.
• Materials: Polished Brass, Glass, White Sand
• Measures: 2.75"D x 5.75"H
• Notes: Sand flow measures 5 minutes
• Materials: Polished Brass, Glass, White Sand
• Measures: 2.75"D x 5.75"H
• Notes: Sand flow measures 5 minutes
About the makers:
Noah's Ark International Exports is a fair trade handicraft marketing organization in Moradabad, India. Noah's Ark provides benefits such as education and medical treatment for artisans and their families. As artisan businesses become more self-sufficient, Noah's Ark takes on new families. Since the company's inception, about 20 artisan workshops have become independent.
Noah's Ark started in 1986, in one room of a family house in Moradabad. Businessman Samuel Masih observed that exporters and middlemen were taking advantage of handicraft artisans. He started Noah's Ark to promote these artisans and their crafts.
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