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Part of Pocket Telescope, English?, Late 18th Century

Inventory Number 43484


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.43484

Item type
Object
Makers
Dollond
Provenance
Missing object lens presumably kept in Museum.
Primary inscriptions
None
Object type
Pocket telescope
Dimensions
Diameter: 45mm Height: 108mm
Inventory No
43484

Description

Part of a pocket telescope, tube covered with green shagreen. Cylindrical tube with copper alloy eyepiece and inner ring. Ivory tag '541' attached with wire around outside of body. Sliding cover over eyepiece.