Old Hour Glass

[bigwull]

but the only problem with Grand Ma,s was..by the time you got the stories..of their life, they had forgotten most of it, and what you ended up with was,a miss mash...of what they could remember.....

[KC]

Are you near a museum that can help you with the research?  You would be surprised how helpful they can be for rare/oddity items.  I think, like Mart, that this is a great route to take.

I would if it was mine!

[cogar]

goombah372002, ..... here ya go, ..... on the following site there is a ....

National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors Message Board

http://mb.nawcc.org/

[mart]

If the NAWCC doesn`t know,,no one will !! Its an excellent site !!

[bigwull]

You don,t need to go that far...if Rauville does,nt know..then...nobody knows....

[goombah372002]

Interesting update...My mother had a few moments of somewhat clearer thinking this morning...I told her about this forum and she remembered that this hourglass didn't belong just to my grandmother, but to my GREAT grandmother, who lived in Palestine, TX...She had passed before I was born...Not that that added info would help with a possible location, who knows where it could have come from. But it could very well date it further back...Thank you for the link cogar. I just signed onto it...I'm worried with never finding out, now... I won't sell it for nothing without finding it's possible origin..Everyone who has asked questions and made comments are moderators and hero members....Good questions and info helped me describe it better and look up other sites. And yet there's still one post that has kind of stuck in my head....Bigwull, how did you know that was where 'that man' kept his big book???
Could someone explain Karma on this site, to a humbled 'newbie' please???

[mart]

LOL !!  Rauville can find the most obscure and difficult items that are posted here !!  Karma is a way to say thank you or to let someone know they have helped and done a good job,,applaud is one karma point,,smite is just the opposite !!
Forgot to say,, Palestine is SW of Tyler, TX I think !!  Never been there but go to Tyler often for medical apts !!

[bigwull]

Interesting update...My mother had a few moments of somewhat clearer thinking this morning...I told her about this forum and she remembered that this hourglass didn't belong just to my grandmother, but to my GREAT grandmother, who lived in Palestine, TX...She had passed before I was born...Not that that added info would help with a possible location, who knows where it could have come from. But it could very well date it further back...Thank you for the link cogar. I just signed onto it...I'm worried with never finding out, now... I won't sell it for nothing without finding it's possible origin..Everyone who has asked questions and made comments are moderators and hero members....Good questions and info helped me describe it better and look up other sites. And yet there's still one post that has kind of stuck in my head....Bigwull, how did you know that was where 'that man' kept his big book???
Could someone explain Karma on this site, to a humbled 'newbie' please???

... how did I know that was where 'that man' kept his big book....."cos it was me that put it there"...a good while back.....

[mart]

LOL !!  In a very inaccessible part of his anatomy !!