Accession No

4464

Brief Description

Box of optical accessories by Powell and Lealand, before 1911

Origin

London; England

Maker

Powell & Lealand

Class

optical

Earliest Date

1841

Latest Date

1911

Inscription Date

Material

metal; brass; glass; wood; velvet

Dimensions

box 270mm l x 160mm w x 70mm h another box length 271mm; breadth 174mm; height 69mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from the Department of Astronomy, University of Cambridge.

Inscription

POWELL & LEALAND (one of the eyepieces)

Description Notes

Wooden box with brass hinges and catches, lined with blue velvet. Contains various pieces of brass and glass optical equipment and four lenses, three of which are brass mounted.

Condition good, but some pieces are missing.

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