Maker: Willdey, George

Year: 1710 c.

Year Range: -

Year Notes:

Manufacturing Location: London, England

Signature: George Willdey

Signature Notes:

Inscriptions:

No stand present.

Collection: National Maritime Museum

Accession #: NAV1522

Sources:

Royal Museums Greenwich. "Hand-held telescope". http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/43734.html. [Accessed: June 2016].

Public Notes:

Museum Description:
"This barrel of this non-achromatic telescope is covered in black rayskin, while the four draw tubes are made of green leather and decorated with gold tooling. The lens holders and other fittings are made of ivory, but all the lenses and eyepiece fitting are missing. Black rings around the draw tubes indicate the optimum length in use. A handwritten inscription around the base of one of the draw tubes names 'George Willdey', an optical instrument maker working in London in the early 18th century" (Royal Museums Greenwich).

Provenance:

Caird Collection

Length (open): 1228

Length (closed): 365

F-ratio:

Exit pupil:

Object status:

Objective type: singlet

Optical style

Physical style

Functional style

Materials: ivory, shagreen, vellum, gold tooling

Drawtube data:

Drawtube notes:

Diameter: 49 mm

Objective Data

Eyepieces

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