Glass and Mercury Antique Hydrometer in Original Wooden Box handmade purse 1 3/8" long x 3/8"

1 3/8" long x 3/8" wide x 7/8" tall and in great vintage condition

making for an unusual and very special feeling little vase that feels one part Native American

this one was designed specifically for "enabling any amateur movie maker to make professional looking titles in less than half the time it would take an expert

it feels like bringing a little piece of the ocean or sky inside

Glass and Mercury Antique Hydrometer in Original Wooden Box handmade purse 1 3/8" long x 3/8"At first I thought this antique Griebel Instrument Co. hydrometer was an old thermometer, until I noted that the numbers on the side run 0 to 6 rather than showing temperatures. Ive since learned that a hydrometer is used for measuring the relative density of liquids based on buoyancy: you pour liquid into a container, lower the hydrometer into it until it floats, and then the point at which the surface of the liquid touches the stem of the hydrometer