Maker: Sayde

Year: 1780 c.

Year Range: -

Year Notes:

Manufacturing Location: Paris, France

Signature: SAYDE / OPTICIEN DU ROY / A PARIS

Signature Notes:

Inscriptions:

No stand present.

Collection: National Maritime Museum

Accession #: NAV1618

Sources:

Royal Museums Greenwich. "Hand-held telescope". http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/43830.html [Accessed: June 2016].

Public Notes:

"This non-achromatic telescope was made in France in the late 18th century. It has a green rayskin (shagreen) barrel and a single green vellum draw tube. The lenses are set in lignum vitae with silver mounts. There is a black stop line near the eyepiece end of the draw tube. The maker's name is stamped onto the draw tube: ‘SAYDE / OPTICIEN DU ROY / A PARIS’" (Royal Museums Greenwich).

Length (open):

Length (closed): 645

F-ratio:

Exit pupil:

Object status:

Objective type: unconfirmed

Optical style

Physical style

Functional style

Materials: lignum vitae, shagreen, vellum, glass, silver

Drawtube data:

Drawtube notes:

Diameter: 45 mm

Objective Data

Eyepieces

Notes: