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Pocket Telescope and Case, English?, 18th Century

Inventory Number 40717


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.40717

Item type
Object
Object type
Pocket telescope
Dimensions
Diameter: 50mm Height: 70mm
Inventory No
40717

Description

Pocket draw-out telescope with shagreen fishskin tube in shagreen fishskin case.

.1 - Pocket telescope with green shagreen outer tube and red extending inner tube. Metal and bone components. Ivory tag '544' attached with wire around outside of neck.

.2 - Case for pocket telescope. Black shagreen case with hinged lid and button fastening. Partially lined with card and velvet. Metal ring wedged to inside of base, possibly from telescope. Adhesive label to lid with number '544' handwritten on in pencil.