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Refracting telescope
TELESCOPES
telescope
Europe: United Kingdom, England
Early 18th c.
silver; Mother-of-Pearl; vellum; glass
overall (open): 208 x 29 mm; (closed): 134 x 29 mm
1999.2023
TELESCOPES
telescope
Europe: United Kingdom, England
Early 18th c.
silver; Mother-of-Pearl; vellum; glass
overall (open): 208 x 29 mm; (closed): 134 x 29 mm
Small telescope with silver casing inlaid with Mother of Pearl panels. (Some broken). Draw tube covered with green vellum. Sliding eyepiece cover and apparent bracket for a missing cover at main lens end.
1999.2023