Detachable lens shooting sights with case

Made:: 1750-1850 in Vienna

maker:: M. Greitsgh

Detachable lens shooting sights fitted with spring clips for attaching to a firearm, in shaped, tooled leather case, by M Greitsgh, Vienna, Austria , 1750-1850.

Details

Category:: Optics

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: 1983-141

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy), steel (metal), glass, leather, cardboard and paper (fibre product)

Measurements:: overall (case): 25 mm x 110 mm x 70 mm, Wt. 0.084kg

type:: shooting lens and instrument case

credit:: Wellcome Trust

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