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)
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust