Accession No

0404

Brief Description

Spyglass/ prospect glass, 2nd half 18th C. prospect glass

Origin

Maker

Class

optical

Earliest Date

1750

Latest Date

1800

Inscription Date

Material

fishskin (shagreen); hide (morocco); organic (horn); metal (brass); glass

Dimensions

length 83mm; max diameter 47mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple from T.H. Court on 28/09/1928.

Inscription

Description Notes

Shagreen covered body. Horn mounts. Brass mounts for lenses with screw-fit brass lens cover. Single draw tube covered with tooled morocco. Sliding eyepiece cover.

Condition: good; complete.

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