Leather and ivory spyglass telescope.

Made:
1680-1750 in Europe
Leather draw-tube terrestrial telescope

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Leather draw-tube terrestrial telescope
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Leather draw-tube terrestrial telescope, with ivory ferrules and fittings, unsigned, European, 1680-1750.

Details

Category:
Optics
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
1997-1977
Materials:
ivory, leather, wood (unidentified), paper (fibre product), cardboard and glass
Measurements:
overall (partly closed): Wd. 240 mm x Dia. 45 mm, Wt. 0.0107kg
overall (open): Wd. 430 mm x Dia. 45 mm,
type:
terrestrial telescope and telescope - refracting
credit:
Wellcome Trust