Maker: Jones

Year: 1750 c.

Year Range: -

Year Notes:

Manufacturing Location: London, England

Signature: JONES / CHARING CROSS / LONDON

Signature Notes:

Inscriptions:

No stand present.

Collection: National Maritime Museum

Accession #: NAV1541

Sources:

Royal Museums Greenwich. "spy glass telescope". http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/43753.html [Accessed: June 2016].

Public Notes:

"This Galilean telescope has a dyed rayskin barrel and a single draw tube made of red leather and is decorated with gold-tooled motifs of hanging garlands. The other mounts are made of black ivory. The original case, which is covered in sharkskin, also survives. The maker's name is inscribed on the draw tube, while the inside of the case has the name 'Alexr Dawson - Dublin' written in ink. Small spy glass telescopes like this were made as personal accessories to fit in the pocket" (Royal Museums Greenwich).

Provenance:

"Place Made: Charing Cross, City of Westminster, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom" (Royal Museums Greenwich).

Length (open): 112

Length (closed): 74

F-ratio:

Exit pupil:

Object status:

Objective type: singlet

Optical style galilean

Physical style spyglass

Functional style

Materials: wood, shagreen, black ivory, glass, gold tooling

Drawtube data:

Drawtube notes:

Diameter: 46 mm (barrel), 48 mm (max); Case: 83 x 58 mm

Objective Data

Eyepieces

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