Accession No

3735

Brief Description

level, by Jecker, French, 1809

Origin

France; Paris; rue des douzes Portes; à la tête d’archimède

Maker

Jecker Valleteau De Chabriefy, T.

Class

surveying

Earliest Date

1809

Latest Date

1809

Inscription Date

1809

Material

metal (brass); glass; wood

Dimensions

box length 368mm; breadth 202mm; height 105mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Anthony Turner, 1989.

Inscription

‘Jecker AParis’ (top surface of telescope)
‘T. Valleteau De Chabriefy’ (undercarriage of horizontal stand)

Description Notes

Brass Y-level, with double bubble underneath telescope. In wooden box which has hand-written instructions pasted on the inside of the lid. Box was ‘Exécuté par Jecker freres. rue des douze Portes, à la tête d’archimède à Paris an 1809’.

Condition good; complete

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