- Subject
- Lamps
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Hawksley
- Provenance
- Presented by Mr R. A. Porter in 1960.
- Primary inscriptions
- Inscription on ophthalmoscope "Hawksley, LONDON. S.E.J. 491". Lamp inscribed "DIETZ & [?] LONDON'
- Physical material
- Copper Alloy
- Glass
- Wood
- Metal
- Mirrored Glass
- Oil(?) Cotton Wool
- Paint
- Velvet
- Tinfoil
- Wood
- Thread
- Object type
- Lamp
- Dimensions
- Height: 60mm Width: 310mm Depth: 117mm Weight: 929g
- Inventory No
- 30448
- Accession Number
- 1960-25
Description
Copper alloy, with oil lamp attachment. Wooden case with velvet and metallic paper lining.
Wooden case with copper alloy fittings, lined with velvet on the lid and base, and metallic paper lining in one corner, in this corner sits the lap with a wick and long metal nozzle. Also in the case is a long ophthalmoscope body tube with a metal eyepiece at one end and a wooden eyepiece at the other, a lens in a mount and a copper alloy pot containing cotton wool and oil.
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