Prospect spyglass telescope with shagreen tube and horn or darkened ivory lens mounts, unsigned, Europe, 1745-1755
Details
- Category:
- Optics
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- 1983-343/1
- Materials:
- shagreen, horn, ivory, glass and lignum vitae (wood)
- Measurements:
-
spyglass: 73 mm 50 mm, .065kg
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust