Trapped in Time Hourglass

From Wikipedia:

An hourglass (or sandglass, sand timer, sand clock or egg timer) is a device used to measure the passage of time. It comprises two glass bulbs connected vertically by a narrow neck that allows a regulated flow of a substance (historically sand) from the upper bulb to the lower one. Typically the upper and lower bulbs are symmetric so that the hourglass will measure the same duration regardless of orientation. The specific duration of time a given hourglass measures is determined by factors including the quantity and coarseness of the particulate matter, the bulb size and the neck width.

Depictions of an hourglass as a symbol of the passage of time are found in art, especially on tombstones or other monuments, from antiquity to the present day. The form of a winged hourglass has been used as a literal depiction of the well-known Latin epitaph tempus fugit ("time flies").

The origin of the hourglass is unclear. Its predecessor the clepsydra, or water clock, is known to have existed inBabylon and Egypt as early as the 16th century BCE. 

Below is a German hourglass from the 16th Century:

Look how well these go together!  ;)

One picture didn;t make it to the submission somehow.  It's just the four-stand hourglass by itself: