Accession No

2143

Brief Description

mirror, 1900 (c)

Origin

Maker

Class

optical

Earliest Date

1900

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

wood (mahagony); metal (brass, white metal); cloth (velvet); glass

Dimensions

length 875mm; breadth 497mm; height 67mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 10/1975.

Inscription

‘SOL. PHYS. OBS.
234.’ (stamped into frame)

Description Notes

Mahogany framed rectangular mirror hinged to mahogany framed glass panel (cracked) which is supported at an adjustable angle to the mirror by 2 wooden rods (1 missing) slotting into depressions at the side of the mirror. Glass panel hinged to wooden panel. The edges of both these panels show remnants of black velvet.

Condition good (wooden panel missing a section at one corner); incomplete

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