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spyglass / prospect glass
OPERA GLASSES AND SPYGLASSES
spyglass
Adams, Dudley
Europe: United Kingdom, England, London
1803
ormolu; ivory
open: 90 x 53 mm

Two-draw spyglass. Gilded bronze ormolu with thin ivory band on bell-shaped barrel. Two tubes and ivory eyepiece. Lever for small internal third lens at eyepiece end. Screw-top. Inscribed with maker's name and two bands of hieroglyphic symbols.


1999.2027

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