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Draw-tube terrestrial telescope, with tooled leather decoratation and and tortoiseshell or horn ferrules and fittings, unsigned, European, 1680-1750.
Details
- Category:
- Optics
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- 1997-1975
- Materials:
- tortoiseshell, glass, leather, paper (fibre product), cardboard and wood (unidentified)
- Measurements:
-
overall (closed): Wd.285 mm x Dia. 50 mm, Wt. 0.182kg
overall (open): Wd.750 mm x Dia. 50 mm,
- type:
- terrestrial telescope and telescope - refracting
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust
