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Hourglass Medallion Sticker – Teal Gothic Geometric Art
One handmade sticker
Glossy PP with protective laminate · water-resistant · permanent adhesive
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A bold black hourglass and overlapping triangle set within a teal oval medallion, finished with blue-green details and a scalloped metallic-looking frame. This original sticker combines time-inspired symbolism with gothic geometric styling for journals, laptops and alternative art collections.
Sticker details
- One sticker featuring original Cerebroscope Studio artwork
- Synthetic PP with a glossy protective laminate
- Water-resistant
- Printed, laminated and contour-cut in Germany
Available sizes
- Longest side approximately 5 cm (Medium)
For decorating notebooks, journals, laptops and other smooth surfaces.
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From the Cerebroscope archive
Z.O.M.B. LABORATORIES
Decorative Object Record 072-H
Catalogue designation: Hourglass Medallion
Related record: 071-M, Moth Medallion
Received object: Framed oval decorative piece
Primary question: What makes a stationary symbol look like a device that measures time?
Records places the medallion beside 071-M.
Records
Same sort of frame. Different contents.
Z. Omb
Similar frame construction from the accessible views.
Records
And this one tells the time.
Omb looks at the central motif.
Z. Omb
Does it?
Records
It has an hourglass.
Z. Omb
It depicts an hourglass.
Records puts a small timer beside it.
Records
Comparison instrument.
The hourglass motif has two broad chambers joined at a narrow waist.
A triangular outline passes behind and alongside it.
Blue and cyan regions occupy the enclosed spaces.
Nothing visibly flows between the chambers.
Omb records the positions of the coloured regions.
The timer runs.
The medallion’s pattern remains unchanged.
Records
A very slow hourglass.
Z. Omb
Or a stationary representation.
Records
We should probably start with that.
Z. Omb
Yes.
The medallion is gently turned over, then returned upright.
Its internal design retains the same arrangement.
There is no visible settling material.
No working timing mechanism is demonstrated.
Records
So the blue is not necessarily sand.
Z. Omb
Correct. Colour inside a depicted chamber does not identify a loose filling.
Records
Could still be intended to represent it.
Z. Omb
Certainly. Representation and construction are separate questions.
The record distinguishes an hourglass motif from a functioning hourglass.
Records traces the triangular outline on a photograph.
Records
Do we know what this combination means?
Z. Omb
Do we have information from the maker?
The reverse supplies no explanatory inscription.
No documented history accompanies the object.
Records
Then no.
Z. Omb
We can describe the arrangement. Interpretations should remain interpretations.
No specific religious, magical or historical affiliation is assigned.
The triangle and hourglass are preserved as visible elements of the design.
Omb covers the lower chamber in the photograph with a card.
Records
Now it looks rather like a cup.
The card moves to the upper chamber.
Records
Something else entirely.
Both chambers are revealed again.
Records
Hourglass.
Z. Omb
The paired shapes and central constriction contribute to recognition.
Records
It does not need moving sand to look like time.
Z. Omb
That is the useful question here.
The motif communicates through a recognizable arrangement.
Whether it measures anything is a separate property of the object.
The clear front produces broad moving highlights as the lamp changes position.
The central black geometry remains fixed.
The teal field appears brighter beneath some reflections.
Records
Same surface problem as the moth medallion.
Z. Omb
A useful comparison.
The raised outer frame and clear central covering resemble those recorded in 071-M.
Their exact materials and shared manufacturing origin remain unconfirmed.
Records
Matching set?
Z. Omb
Matching presentation. We can investigate whether that reflects common manufacture.
Records labels the paired photographs.
071-M: moth and crescent
072-H: hourglass and triangle
The labels do not establish common provenance.
The timer sounds.
Records looks at the medallion.
Records
It has not changed.
Z. Omb
No change detected during the observation interval.
Records
The timer has been more helpful with time.
Z. Omb
It was designed to measure an interval.
Records
This one was designed to make me think about it.
Omb pauses.
Z. Omb
That is a reasonable description of your response.
Records turns off the timer.
Then writes down how long the session lasted.
CURRENT RECORD
Object: Framed oval decorative piece
Teal central field: Present
Black hourglass motif: Present
Overlapping triangular outline: Present
Blue, cyan and pale-green details: Present
Loose granular filling: Not demonstrated
Visible transfer between depicted chambers: None observed
Pattern changes after reorientation: None observed
Functioning time-measurement mechanism: Not demonstrated
Specific symbolic tradition: Unidentified
Clear front covering: Present; material untested
Raised scalloped frame: Present
Construction resembles 071-M: Yes, from accessible views
Shared maker or provenance: Unknown
Anomalous temporal effect: No evidence
Research priority: Symbol recognition and object construction
Records adds:
REPRESENTS TIME.
DOES NOT CURRENTLY MEASURE IT.
Z. Omb
“Does not demonstrate a measuring function.”
Records adds the qualification underneath.
