Spyglass telescope, with painted and silver plated tube

Made:: 1800-1819 in London

maker:: Matthew Berge

Spyglass telescope, painted and silver plated tube

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Spyglass telescope, painted and silver plated tube
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Spyglass telescope, painted and silver plated tube, with ivory fittings, by Matthew Berge, Late Ramsden, London, England, 1801-1810

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Category:: Optics

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: 1983-349

Materials:: enamel, ivory, glass, silver plated and brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Measurements:: overall (closed): 112 mm 59 mm, .186kg

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

credit:: Wellcome Trust

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