Accession No

0043

Brief Description

spyglass or prospect glass, 1800 (c)

Origin

Maker

Class

optical

Earliest Date

1800

Latest Date

1800

Inscription Date

Material

metal (silver); ivory; glass

Dimensions

length 69mm; max diameter 48mm; object glass diameter 46mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple in Richmond in 05/1922.

Inscription

Description Notes

Ivory body. Single silver-plated draw tube. Screw-in ivory eyepiece.

Condition: fair (draw tube stuck; eyepiece will not unscrew; cracks in ivory; 24-1-2000).

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