Artificial glass horizon (lacking level) in fitted fishskin case lined with purple velvet by an unknown English maker

Made:
1815-1825 in England
Artificial glass horizon (lacking level) in fitted fishskin

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Artificial glass horizon (lacking level) in fitted fishskin
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Artificial glass horizon (lacking level) in fitted fishskin case lined with purple velvet by an unknown English maker,1815-1825. A circular brass base on three levelling feet covered with a blackened glass plate serving as a mirror.

Details

Category:
Astronomy
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
1987-1130
Materials:
glass and brass
type:
artificial horizon - glass
credit:
On loan from the Wellcome Trust