Maker: Unknown

Year: 1750 c.

Year Range: -

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No stand present.

Collection: National Maritime Museum

Accession #: NAV1617

Sources:

Royal Museums Greenwich. "Non-achromatic telescope". http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/43829.html [Accessed: June 2016].

Public Notes:

"The papier-mâché barrel of this non-achromatic telescope is decorated with coloured floral motifs. The fittings are made of horn and include screw-on caps for both ends. Stop lines on the three draw tubes indicate the telescope's optimum working length. The telescope may be Italian, since the decoration is similar to that on a telescope made in Venice, although there are also similarities to papier-mâché items produced in Russia in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries" (Royal Museums Greenwich).

Length (open): 888

Length (closed): 331

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Object status:

Objective type: unconfirmed

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Materials: horn, paper, glass

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Diameter: 38 mm (barrel), 43 (max.)

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