Accession No

0866

Brief Description

spyglass or prospect glass, by Passemant, French, 1765 (c)

Origin

France; Paris; Louvre

Maker

Passemant

Class

optical

Earliest Date

1765

Latest Date

1765

Inscription Date

Material

glass; paper (pasteboard); fishskin (shagreen); metal (silver, brass?); hide (vellum); wood (ebony)

Dimensions

length 95 mm; max diameter 48 mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple from M. Landau, Paris, France, on 05/04/1938.

Inscription

‘PASSEMANT AU LOUVRE’ (stamped on draw tube)

Description Notes

Single-drawer spyglass. Pasteboard body covered with green shagreen. Object glass in silver mount. Pasteboard draw tube covered with green vellum, decorated, wooden stay, silver ferrule. Ebony eye distance piece and screw-fit silver mount for two alternative eyepieces.

Condition: good/fair; complete.

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