A sand timer sits upright on an ebony-wood shelf with delicate glass bulbs.
A sand timer is pictured in the center. A display shelf has imitation Ebony wood panels making up the backing on the shelf display. Three backing panels are visible and oriented horizontally. To the left, a shiny, silver steel support holds up a display shelf that is cropped out of the image. To the right, a low, sitting shelf very close to the timer is cropped out of the image. The timer, pictured in center view, is displayed on a single plank, matching the Ebony planks behind it. The timer is sitting upright, straight and down. The timer has delicate glass bulbs that meet and fuse at the thinnest portions of each. The meeting of the bulbs has a hollow area that allows sand to pass through it. The bulb at the top holds half its portion of gray sand. At the meeting of the glass bulbs, a trickle of gray sand falls in a straight line to the bottom of the other bulb. A small pile of sand begins to collect in the bottom bulb. Light hitting the top bulb shines on the left and right of it. Both bulbs are suspended in a brushed silver frame made of four curving bars that encircle the bulbs top to bottom. The frame pieces on the side are hinged to a curved support that allows the entire timer to be flipped upside down. The entire timer is attached to a round, sturdy, flat base in matching brushed silver.