1-draw prospect glass

Made:: Geneva

1-draw prospect glass, green shagreen with ivory mounts marked "Guiseppe Moschino in Geneva", in case, end of 17th century

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Category:: Optics

Object Number:: 1938-727

Materials:: ivory and glass

type:: opera glass, telescope - galilean, telescope - refracting and instrument case

credit:: Court, Thomas Henry

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Parts

1-draw prospect glass

Materials:: ivory and glass

Object Number:: 1938-727 Pt1

type:: opera glass , telescope - galilean and telescope - refracting

Case for prospect glass

Object Number:: 1938-727 Pt2

type:: instrument case

1-draw prospect glass

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Parts

1-draw prospect glass

Case for prospect glass

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