Accession No

0102

Brief Description

spyglass/prospect glass, 1750-1800

Origin

Maker

Class

optical

Earliest Date

1750

Latest Date

1800

Inscription Date

Material

metal (silver plate); fishskin (shagreen); ivory

Dimensions

length 69mm; max diameter 42mm; object glass diameter 34mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple from T.H. Court on 31/05/1923.

Inscription

Description Notes

Shagreen covered body. Horn/ivory mounts. Silver-plated draw tube with screw-in ivory eyepiece.

Condition: fair (draw tube stuck); complete.

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