hourglass
The hour-glass appears in Masonic iconography as part of the classical allegory of Time, represented as an aged figure with wings bearing an hour-glass in one hand and a scythe in the other 1. Freemasonry adopts this iconography within the Third Degree, where the scythe serves as an emblem of time cutting the brittle thread of human life 1. The available library passage notes this broader personification of Time, but does not provide a further detailed exposition dedicated specifically to the hour-glass itself.
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