Lovely, Scarce Late 19th Century Nautical 14 Second Sandglass, Working Swedish momento which to me is quite

which to me is quite a beautiful distillation of how semiotics works

2 3/4" across at base

It works well as it is for amplifying sound and would certainly make a game of telephone more exciting

and think Magritte’s Treachery of Images (Ceci n’est pas une pipe) was about as perfect a means of addressing the nature of representation as there’s been

I am happy to include the mat

Lovely, Scarce Late 19th Century Nautical 14 Second Sandglass, Working Swedish momento which to me is quiteI've always got an eye out for antique sand timers, but don't come across them too often, and when I do they are usually priced well beyond my reach. This was a lucky find, and a cool one, a 14 second sand timer made for nautical use. Sailors used this type of sand glass to measure the speed of a vessel: a triangular piece of wood connected to a rope knotted every 43. 7 was thrown overboard into the sea; one sailor would let the rope out, another