- Subject
- Optical instruments
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Dollond
- Provenance
- Purchased
- Primary inscriptions
- "Dollond London" on main limb.
- Object type
- Opera glass
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 31mm Height: 48mm Width: 34mm Depth: 21mm Weight: 35g
- Inventory No
- 98616
- Accession Number
- 1949-45
Description
English folding opera glass or spy-glass with two folding lenses and ring upon main limb, all of silver. The ring by which the instrument is held can also be attached to a neck or lapel chain. The horizontal limb extends for focusing. Magnification is very small, but image quality is very good.
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