- Subject
- Optical instruments
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Dollond
- Provenance
- Not ascertained.
- Primary inscriptions
- 'DOLLOND/OPTICIAN/55, LUDGATE HILL/62 OLD BROAD St/LONDON', gold tooling inside lid of case; 'DOLLOND/LONDON'.
- Object type
- Glasses
- Dimensions
- Height: 252mm Width: 135mm Depth: 63mm Weight: 1kg
- Inventory No
- 20928
Description
Binocular field glasses, double telescope type, of black enamelled copper alloy and leather, with screw-focusing and also a screw to adjust the distance between the two telescope tubes. In brown leather carrying case, with red velvet lining, marked: "C.M./NARBOROUGH HILL/NORFOLK."
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