Hourglass Medallion Sticker – Teal Gothic Geometric Art

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.