Maker: Unknown

Year: 1700 c.25

Year Range: -

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Manufacturing Location: France

Signature: AG

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Inscriptions:

No stand present.

Collection: Louwman Collection of Historic Telescopes

Accession #: LC 57

Sources:

Louwman, P.J.K., and Zuidervaart, H.J., "A Certain Instrument to See Far: Four Centuries of Styling the Telescope Illustrated by a Selection of Treasures from the Louwman Collection of Historic Telescopes". Wassenaar, 2009. p.77. #61.

Louwman, P.J.K., and Zuidervaart, H.J., "A Certain Instrument for Seeing Far: Four Centuries of Styling the Telescope Illustrated by a Selection of Treasures from the Louwman Collection of Historic Telescopes". Wassenaar, 2013. p.84. #57.

Public Notes:

"Main tube and two protective caps covered with Bordeaux red leather with fine gold tooling. Six drawtubes covered with green leather. Signed on the objective cap with the crowned monogram ‘AG’. Length 34-128 cm, Ø 5.5 cm. Late seventeenth century / Early eighteenth century" (Louwman and Zuidervaart, 2013).

Length (open): 1280

Length (closed): 340

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Objective type: singlet

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Materials: leather, gold tooling

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