An hourglass with wings carved on a 19th Century gravestone in Sighthill Cemetery in Glasgow.

The hourglass symbolises that the sands of time will eventually run out for everyone, while wings signify the concept that time flies by. Thus, together they emphasise that our time one Earth fleeting.

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