Spyglass with shagreen tube and brass lens mounts

Made:: 1700-1799 in Europe

Spyglass, shagreen tube, brass lens mounts, unsigned, Europe

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Spyglass, shagreen tube, brass lens mounts, unsigned, Europe
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Spyglass, shagreen tube, brass lens mounts, unsigned, Europe, 1700-1799

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Category:: Optics

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: 1983-359

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy), glass, cardboard, paper (fibre product) and shagreen

Measurements:: overall (standing upright): 48 mm 33 mm, .043kg

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

credit:: Wellcome Trust

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Spyglass with shagreen tube and brass lens mounts

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