Polemoscope or 'Jealousy Glass'

Made:: 1701-1720

maker:: Edward Scarlett

Polemoscope or 'Jealousy Glass', ivory and silver mounted; early 18th century, probably by Edward Scarlett, with fishskin case

Details

Category:: Optics

Object Number:: 1922-240

Materials:: ivory, silver (metal) and fishskin

type:: polemoscope

credit:: Court, Thomas Henry

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Polemoscope or 'Jealousy Glass'

Polemoscope or 'Jealousy Glass', ivory and silver ferrule mounted; early 18th century, probably by Edward Scarlett (unsigned), London

Measurements:: overall: 87 mm x x , 38 mm,

Materials:: glass , ivory and silver (alloy)

Object Number:: 1922-240 Pt1

type:: polemoscope

Fishskin case for opera glass

Fishskin case with velvet lining, for diagonal opera glass, ivory and silver mounted; early 18th century, probably by Edward Scarlett, replaced by a better example, 12 June 1928