Accession No

0638

Brief Description

pseudoscope, by C. D. Ahrens, English, 19th Century

Origin

England; London

Maker

Ahrens, C. D.

Class

optical

Earliest Date

1800

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

wood (mahogany, cork); metal (brass, oxidised brass, white metal)

Dimensions

length 230mm; base diameter 100mm; height 355mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple from T.H. Court on 05/11/1930.

Inscription

‘Pseudoscope
by C.D. Ahrens, London.’ (base)

Description Notes

Circular base carrying brass pillar with mahogany hand grip. Mounted on top of the pillar with an altitude mount is a brass beam which carries a small polariscope at one end and a pair of white metal jaws, lined with cork, at the other end.

Condition good; complete.

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