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Opera Glasses, by Jones, London, ?c.1800

Inventory Number 70202


Item type
Object
Makers
Jones
Provenance
Purchased from Dr. Reginald S. Clay with his collection.
Primary inscriptions
Instrument: "JONES / CHARING CROSS / LONDON". Indecipherable printed text on internal lining paper. Attached label: "543". Attached label: "C1800".
Object type
Opera glass
Dimensions
Diameter: 50mm
Inventory No
70202
Accession Number
1944-1/part

Description

single draw tube covered in tooled red leather; black ivory mounts; green fishskin barrel