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Stanhope lens
OPERA GLASSES AND SPYGLASSES
spyglass
Mid-late 19th c.
gold
overall: 17 mm x 12 mm

Gold miniature telescope-type Stanhope. Conical-shaped barrel with chased decoration. Missing single draw and eyepiece. Objective lens features a microphotograph of a gentleman.


1999.1944/2

Gift of Mr Hermon Courlander, FBOA, 1935



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