Miniature spyglass telescope with cylindrical fishskin case

Made:: 1776-1800 in Europe

Miniature spyglass telescope with ivory and tortoiseshell tube and incomplete (lid missing) cylindrical fishskin case, unsigned, European, 1776-1800.

Details

Category:: Optics

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: 1983-150

Materials:: glass, ivory, tortoiseshell, fishskin, wood (unidentified) and paper (fibre product)

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

credit:: Wellcome Trust

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