Accession No

0492

Brief Description

spyglass / prospect glass, by Dollond, English, 2nd half of 18th or early 19th Century

Origin

England; London

Maker

Dollond

Class

optical

Earliest Date

1752

Latest Date

1820

Inscription Date

Material

ivory; metal (gilt); glass

Dimensions

length 80mm; max diameter 54mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple from T.H. Court on 28/05/1927.

Inscription

‘DOLLOND,
LONDON’

Description Notes

Ivory bell shaped body. Gilt mounts. Body decorated with relief concentric circles, fluting etc. 2 gilt draw tubes. Ivory collar, gilt eyepiece screws into collar with filligree floral edge and engraved spiral patterns surrounding aperture.

Condition: fair (crack in ivory); complete.

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