Miniature spyglass telescope with boxwood case

Made:
1725-1735. in England
Miniature spyglass telescope, 1-draw red leather tube Miniature spyglass telescope, 1-draw red leather tube

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Miniature spyglass telescope, 1-draw red leather tube
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Miniature spyglass telescope, 1-draw red leather tube
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Miniature spyglass telescope, 1-draw red leather tube, with tooled gilt decoration and horn lens mounts with boxwood cylindrical case, probably English, unsigned, 1725-1735.

Details

Category:
Optics
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
1983-149
type:
telescope - terrestrial, telescope - galilean, telescope - refracting and instrument case
credit:
Wellcome Trust