Prospect glass (or opera or spyglass)

Made:
1745-1755
Prospect glass (or opera or spyglass) Prospect glass (or opera or spyglass) Prospect glass (or opera or spyglass) Prospect glass (or opera or spyglass)

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Prospect glass (or opera or spyglass)
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Prospect glass (or opera or spyglass)
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Prospect glass (or opera or spyglass)
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Prospect glass (or opera or spyglass)
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Prospect glass (or opera or spyglass), with brass sliding caps and lignum vitae tube, c. 1750, possibly English.

Details

Category:
Optics
Object Number:
1918-142
Materials:
glass, brass (copper, zinc alloy) and wood (unidentified)
Measurements:
overall: x 156 mm x , 30 mm, .07kg
type:
opera glass, telescope - galilean and telescope - refracting
credit:
Court, Thomas Henry