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Prospect glass (or opera or spyglass)
- Made:
- 1745-1755
![Prospect glass (or opera or spyglass)](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/319/186/small_thumbnail_smg00031524.jpg)
![Prospect glass (or opera or spyglass)](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/283/628/small_thumbnail_1918_0142__0001_.jpg)
![Prospect glass (or opera or spyglass)](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/283/631/small_thumbnail_1918_0142__0003_.jpg)
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Prospect glass (or opera or spyglass), with brass sliding caps and lignum vitae tube, c. 1750, possibly English.
Details
- Category:
- Optics
- Object Number:
- 1918-142
- Materials:
- glass, brass (copper, zinc alloy) and wood (unidentified)
- Measurements:
-
overall: x 156 mm x , 30 mm, .07kg
- credit:
- Court, Thomas Henry