Accession No

0270

Brief Description

spyglass/prospect glass, by George Adams, English, 1750-1795

Origin

England

Maker

Adams, George

Class

optical

Earliest Date

1750

Latest Date

1795

Inscription Date

Material

organic (tortoiseshell); ivory; glass; metal (silver)

Dimensions

length 60 mm; diameter 44 mm; object glass diameter 31mm (length 52mm; diameter 34mm; object glass diameter 25mm; 3-2-2000)

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple from S. K. Woodcock, London, on 30/06/1926.

Inscription

‘G. Adams London’

Description Notes

Tortoiseshell body. Ivory mounts and eyepiece. Silver draw tube. Velvet lined snakeskin case.

Case numbered 0270 (and 0761) is stored with this object but can only be assumed to be the appropriate box (the accession register records a snakeskin box). It almost certainly is not the box for 0761 (1/11/2002)

Condition: good/fair (ivory slightly cracked); complete.

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