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spyglass
OPERA GLASSES AND SPYGLASSES
spyglass
Baillou, Francois de
Europe: Italy, Milan
1761
card; silver; shagreen; wood; glass
overall: 120 x 47 mm

Single-draw spyglass, with black shagreen and wood barrel with silver trim. Draw tube covered with green pressed card (simulated leather) featuring gilt tooled decoration of a bird and scroll design. Silver bands on straight-sided barrel. Screw-on eyepiece.


1999.1523

College Purchase, 1984



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