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LicenseBlack lacquer draw-tube terrestrial telescope
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Black lacquer draw-tube terrestrial telescope, with cardboard and paper tube with gold decoration (flower motifs) in matching carrying case, unsigned, Japanese, 1800-1901.
Details
- Category:
- Optics
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- 1997-1978
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product), cardboard, glass, copper (alloy), gold leaf and lacquer
- Measurements:
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overall (closed): Wd. 310 mm 48 mm, Wt. 0.20 kg (Est.)
overall (open): Wd. 800 mm x Dia 48 mm, (without cap)
- type:
- terrestrial telescope and telescope - refracting
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust
