Accession No

0249

Brief Description

spyglass or prospect glass, French (?), c.1800

Origin

France (?)

Maker

Class

optical

Earliest Date

1800

Latest Date

Inscription Date

Material

metal (gilt metal, gold); ivory; glass

Dimensions

length 47mm; max diameter 48mm; object glass diameter 42mm; extended length 97mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple from Morpurgo, Amsterdam on 25/10/1925.

Inscription

Description Notes

Ivory and gilt body, elaborately decorated with alternate fluted ivory and gold bands. 3 gilt draw tubes. Screw-in gilt eyepiece and objective.

Condition: fair (small cracks in ivory); complete.

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