Accession No

0491

Brief Description

prospect glass / spy glass, by Lemiere, French, 1800 (c)

Origin

France; Paris

Maker

Lemiere

Class

optical

Earliest Date

1800

Latest Date

1800

Inscription Date

Material

ivory; metal (gold, gilt); glass

Dimensions

length 65 mm; diameter 68 mm (diameter 55mm; 3-2-2000)

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple from T.H. Court on 28/05/1927.

Inscription

‘*LEMIERE PALAIS ROYAL NO 6.*
LUNETTE PAR BREVET D’INVENTION’ (around eyepiece)
‘43’ (stamped on inner tube; 3-2-2000)

Description Notes

Ivory bell shaped body with fluting at top and bottom between gold bands. 2 gilt draw tubes. Screw-in gilt eyepiece.

Condition: fair (body badly cracked); complete.

References

Events