Own a piece of natural American heritage and create a meaningful keepsake with The Americana from Heirloom Hourglass. An instant classic and collector’s item, The Americana is made using reclaimed antique American Chestnut bases, and yellow pine rope shaped pillars that receive a hand-rubbed dark stain. American Chestnut trees were wiped out from the US landscape by a blight in 1905, making this a very rare hardwood. We carefully select our chestnut from the reclaimed lumber of old cabins, barns, and structures for its rustic charm, rich golden copper patina, and character nail holes. The American Chestnut bases are perfectly matched with rope shaped yellow pine pillars enhanced with a rich dark stain. For a nautical touch, we complete The Americana with our solid pewter shell frame closures on each side of the hourglass. These closures make it easy to open and close your hourglass so you can fill it with real beach sands from any location in the world. The shell frames are designed to be engraved with your names, dates, locations, or personal message. To purchase engraving on them, please see our Closure Engraving Service in the Personalization and Custom Closure Section. A sand collection kit is included, and it contains a gift book with a certificate of authenticity. This unique sand ceremony hourglass is the perfect addition to a wedding unity sand ceremony, family unity ceremony, or vow renewal ceremony. It is the perfect alternative to the unity candle for an outdoor wedding sand ceremony, destination beach wedding sand ceremony, or an inside wedding where a candle cannot be lit.  It also makes the perfect heartfelt gift for any occasion.

Because of your purchase, we make a donation to a good cause. Please select where you would like it to go from the drop down menu. If you do not see your organization of choice, please select other and enter information into the Notes to seller section during the ordering process. If you do not wish to select, we alternate between our list of organizations and have a monthly default where donations go if no selection is made. For more information, please see the Camaraderie page of the website.