Horn reading lens with handle

Horn reading lens with handle, in horn mount, 1680-1690, in fishskin case

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Category:: Optics

Object Number:: 1938-730

type:: lenses

credit:: Court, Thomas Henry

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Reading lens with handle

Horn reading lens with handle, in horn mount, 1680-1690

Measurements:: overall: 143 mm x 114 mm x 10 mm, , .135kg

Materials:: glass , horn and brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: 1938-730 Pt1

type:: lens

Fish-skin case for reading lens

Fish-skin case for reading glass in horn mount

Object Number:: 1938-730 Pt2

type:: instrument case

Horn reading lens with handle

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Reading lens with handle

Fish-skin case for reading lens

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