Maker: Unknown

Year: 1700 c.

Year Range: -

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Manufacturing Location: France

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No stand present.

Collection: Louwman Collection of Historic Telescopes

Accession #: LC 58

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. #62.

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. #58.

Public Notes:

"Main tube, ferrules and protective caps covered with Bordeaux red leather, richly gilded with gold tooling. Six drawtubes covered with green coloured paper. The protective caps are lined at the inside with marbled paper. Unsigned. Presumably made about 1700" (Louwman and Zuidervaart, 2013).

Length (open): 1900

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Objective type: singlet

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Materials: leather, paper, gold tooling

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