Objects
Viewing Record 269 of 312Previous Record Next Record
Switch Views: Lightbox | Image List | List
spyglass
OPERA GLASSES AND SPYGLASSES
spyglass
Europe: France
Early 19th c.
brass; glass
overall: 72 x 33 mm
1999.1496
OPERA GLASSES AND SPYGLASSES
spyglass
Europe: France
Early 19th c.
brass; glass
overall: 72 x 33 mm
Single-draw spyglass with straight barrel featuring a painted paper barrel covering, and brass tube with two lengths marked upon it. Adjustable brass eyepiece with two lever settings. Screw-on brass lens cover. Decoration depicts a man and a blindfolded woman playing blindman's buff in a sylvan setting (loosely after the painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1750).
1999.1496
BOA Purchase, 1936