Maker: Watkins

Year: 1760 c.

Year Range: -

Year Notes:

Manufacturing Location: London, England

Signature: WATKINS / LONDON

Signature Notes:

Inscriptions:

No stand present.

Collection: National Maritime Museum

Accession #: NAV1535

Sources:

Royal Museums Greenwich. "spy glass telescope". http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/43747.html [Accessed: June 2016].

Public Notes:

"This Galilean telescope was made as a fashionable accessory rather than as an instrument for scientific use. The wooden barrel is covered in rayskin (shagreen) that has been dyed green, while the single draw tube is made of red leather. The lenses are set in black ivory mounts. The maker's name is stamped on the draw tube as ‘WATKINS / LONDON’" (Royal Museums Greenwich).

Length (open): 83

Length (closed): 60

F-ratio:

Exit pupil:

Object status:

Objective type: N/A

Optical style galilean

Physical style spyglass

Functional style

Materials: rayskin, wood, leather, black ivory, glass, shagreen

Drawtube data:

Drawtube notes:

Overall: 60 x 35 mm

Objective Data

Eyepieces

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