Hourglass (disambiguation)

An hourglass is a device for measuring time.

hourglass or hour glass may also refer to:

• marine hourglass

Music

• Hourglass drum, or waisted drum

Bands

• Hour Glass (band), a 1960s rock band, featuring two later members of the Allman Brothers Band, Duane and Gregg Allman
• Hourglass (progressive metal band), founded in 1999 by guitarist Brick Williams

Albums

• Hourglass (America album), a 1994 release by America
• Hour Glass (Hour Glass album), a 1967 debut album
• Hourglass (Kate Rusby album), a 1997 release by Kate Rusby
• Hourglass (James Taylor album), a 1997 release by James Taylor
• Hourglass, a 2002 album by Athenaeum
• Hourglass, a 2003 album by Glass Harp
• Hourglass (Fayray album), a 2004 release by Fayray
• The Hourglass, a 2007 remix EP by Leæther Strip packaged with the box set of their album The Giant Minutes to the Dawn
• Hourglass (Dave Gahan album), a 2007 release by David Gahan
• Hourglass: Remixes, a 2008 album by David Gahan
• Hourglass, a box set released on June 1, 2010 by heavy metal band Lamb of God

Songs

• "Hourglass" (Squeeze song), a 1987 song by Squeeze
• "Hourglass" (Clannad song), a 1989 song by Clannad
• "Hourglass", a song by At The Drive-In from their 1998 album In/Casino/Out
• "Hourglass", a song by Liquid Tension Experiment from their 1999 album Liquid Tension Experiment 2
• "Hourglass", a song by Live Alien Broadcast from their 1999 album Even Further
• "Hourglass", a song by Lamb of God from their 2004 album Ashes of the Wake
• "The Hourglass", a song by Savatage from their 1998 album The Wake of Magellan

Other entertainment

• Hour Glass (TV series), a 1946–1947 NBC television variety show
• Hourglass Studios, a visual effects studio started by Dave McKean
• Hourglass, a 1995 film directed by C. Thomas Howell
• Hourglass (novel), a 2010 novel written by Claudia Gray
• "Hourglass", a 2004 episode from season 3 of Alias
• The Hourglass, a supervillain character from the 2008 film, Superhero Movie
• Hourglass (Smallville)

Space

• Hourglass Nebula, a planetary nebula
• Hourglass Sea, an early name for Syrtis Major Planum, a feature of Mars

Women's fashion

• Hourglass corset, a type of undergarment
• Hourglass figure, a description of a female body shape

Zoology

• Hourglass dolphin, Lagenorynchus cruciger, a small dolphin found in Antarctic and sub-Antarctic waters
• Hourglass Toad, or Cross Toad, Leptophryne borbonica, a species of toad native to southeast Asia

Other

• The Hour-Glass, a 1905 painting by Evelyn De Morgan
• Hourglass Device, a United States military award, attached to the Armed Forces Reserve Medal
• Hourglass Field, an early 20th Century landing field outside San Diego
• Hourglass formation, a type of formation in modern Western square dance

See also

• Sandglass (disambiguation)