Accession No

0513

Brief Description

hand lens and filter, 1800-1900 (c)

Origin

Maker

Class

optical

Earliest Date

1800

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

organic (tortoise shell, horn); glass; metal

Dimensions

length 106mm; breadth 31mm; thickness 17mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased from T.H. Court on 28/05/1927.

Inscription

Description Notes

Tortoise shell double case. 3 plain convex lenses one end. 3 tinted filters - dark red, green, and blue. Lenses all mounted in horn with two small lugs on each. Hole through case over the lenses.

Condition: fair (one lens cracked).

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