- Subject
- Telescopes
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Dollond & Son
- Provenance
- ?Purchased by museum in 1949.
- Object type
- Telescope
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 46mm
- Inventory No
- 48874
- Accession Number
- ?1949-44
Description
English Galilean Telescope with single-draw tube and tooled silver decoration, including the signature. The optics are Galilean and perform best at short distances.
Minor wear and tear to draw-tube and silvered section.
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