Detachable lens shooting sights with case

Made:
1750-1850 in Vienna
maker:
M. Greitsgh

Detachable lens shooting sights fitted with spring clips for attaching to a firearm, in shaped, tooled leather case, by M Greitsgh, Vienna, Austria , 1750-1850.

Details

Category:
Optics
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
1983-141
Materials:
brass (copper, zinc alloy), steel (metal), glass, leather, cardboard and paper (fibre product)
Measurements:
overall (case): 25 mm x 110 mm x 70 mm, Wt. 0.084kg
type:
shooting lens and instrument case
credit:
Wellcome Trust

Parts

Detachable lens shooting sights fitted with spring clips for attaching to a firearm

Detachable lens shooting sights fitted with spring clips for attaching to a firearm

Detachable lens shooting sights fitted with spring clips for attaching to a firearm, by M Greitsgh, Vienna, Austria , 1750-1850.

Measurements:
lens: 7 mm x 100 mm x 63 mm,
naked-eye sight: 10 mm x 75 mm x 25 mm,
Materials:
steel (metal) , glass and brass (copper, zinc alloy)
Object Number:
1983-141/1
type:
shooting lens
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Leather case for lens shooting sights

Leather case for lens shooting sights

Shaped, tooled leather case with split lid for lens shooting sights, signed 'M GREITSCH' and 'FECIT WIENÆ' , 1750-1850.

Measurements:
overall : 25 mm x 110 mm x 70 mm
Materials:
leather , cardboard and paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
1983-141/2
type:
instrument case
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

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