Accession No

0135

Brief Description

hand lens, 1800-1900 (c)

Origin

Maker

Class

optical

Earliest Date

1800

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

organic (tortoise shell); wood (lignum vitae); glass

Dimensions

length 47mm; breadth 18mm; thickness 13mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple in Bournemouth on 31/01/1924.

Inscription

‘+10’ (on lens mount)

Description Notes

Tortoise shell double mount. Handle with shackle. Wood, (?)lignum vitae, lens pivots inside case. (Two small lugs (?); 27-1-2000).

Condition: good.

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