Accession No

0837

Brief Description

spyglass/prospect glass, by D. Adams, English, 1790-1826

Origin

England; London

Maker

Adams, D.

Class

optical

Earliest Date

1790

Latest Date

1826

Inscription Date

Material

metal (gilt metal); ivory; glass

Dimensions

length 74mm; max diameter 50mm; objective diameter 50mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple from T.H. Court on 04/1937.

Inscription

‘D Adams LONDON’

Description Notes

Ivory with gold-plated draw tube. (Eyepiece glass missing). Gold-plated, knurled rings with screw threads round body.

Condition: fair (draw tube stuck); incomplete (eyepiece glass missing).

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