Prospect glass (spyglass)

Made:
1725-1735 in England
maker:
Unattributed
Prospect glass (spyglass) Prospect glass (spyglass)

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prospect glass (spyglass), 1-draw tube, leather covered tube with gilded decorative stampings on body, horn mounts, unsigned, in fishskin case, probably English, c.1730. [fishskin case not found on gallery 2006]

Details

Category:
Optics
Object Number:
1938-742
Materials:
leather, glass, horn, paper and cardboard
Measurements:
overall: x 78 mm x , 45 mm, .035kg
type:
opera glass, telescope - galilean, telescope - refracting and instrument case
credit:
Court, Thomas Henry

Parts

Cylindrical wooden fishskin covered case for prospect glass (spyglass)

Cylindrical wooden fishskin covered case for prospect glass (spyglass)

Cylindrical wooden fishskin covered case for prospect glass (spyglass), probably English, 1725-1735.

Materials:
wood (unidentified) , fishskin and velvet
Object Number:
1938-742/2
type:
instrument case
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The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum