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Antique Coffin handle - winged hourglass 1900 period
  • Antique Coffin handle - winged hourglass 1900 period
  • Antique Coffin handle - winged hourglass 1900 period
  • Antique Coffin handle - winged hourglass 1900 period
  • Antique Coffin handle - winged hourglass 1900 period
  • Antique Coffin handle - winged hourglass 1900 period
  • Antique Coffin handle - winged hourglass 1900 period
  • Antique Coffin handle - winged hourglass 1900 period
  • Antique Coffin handle - winged hourglass 1900 period
  • Antique Coffin handle - winged hourglass 1900 period
  • Antique Coffin handle - winged hourglass 1900 period

Antique Coffin handle - Winged hourglass circa 1900

€60.00

Coffin handle with winged hourglass motif

Period: 1900-1930 

Description

Antique cast iron coffin handle from the 1900s-1930s

Featuring a winged hourglass motif.

Indeed the hourglass evokes the inexorable passage of time, each grain of sand representing a day of our life.

The hourglass is presented with the wings of a dove or an angel, both messengers of God, as if the instrument for measuring time became, with death, the soul that the dove or angel will carry to heaven.

By its reversible side, the hourglass evokes the ability of a new life or true life when it is turned over to restart a cycle.

Nice patina

Would be perfect as a handle on a piece of furniture!

Size: 21x9.5cm Weight: 405g

Example of hardware catalog of the time in which this model is sold: 

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