Telescope by C. S. Passemant at the Louvre

Made:
1760 in Paris

Telescope by C. S. Passemant at the Louvre, Paris, signed round 3 cm objective "Inventium Dollondi/Detexit Passemant/mense Xbre 1760", bound in green fishskin and gilt brass, in two screwed sections in crimson velvet bag with leather drawstring.

Details

Category:
Astronomy
Object Number:
1988-92
Materials:
leather, velvet and brass
Measurements:
overall - assembled: x 1300 x 60 mm
type:
astronomical instruments and refracting telescopes
credit:
Weston, D.