Pocket spyglass telescope with decorated gilted brass tube

Made:: 1800-1819 in London

maker:: Matthew Berge

Pocket spyglass telescope with decorated gilted brass tube

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Pocket spyglass telescope with decorated gilted brass tube, by Matthew Berge, London, England, 1800-1819.

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Category:: Optics

Object Number:: 1950-52

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

Measurements:: overall: 96 mm 44 mm, .111kg

type:: terrestrial telescope, telescope - galilean and telescope - refracting

credit:: Heaton, W.

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Pocket spyglass telescope with decorated gilted brass tube

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