Maker: Unknown

Year: 1775 c.

Year Range: -

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Manufacturing Location: Italy

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No stand present.

Collection: Louwman Collection of Historic Telescopes

Accession #: LC 101

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.104. #107.

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.104. #101.

Public Notes:

"Presumably Italian telescope. Main tube painted with floral motifs on a yellow background. Four lightly coloured green pasteboard drawtubes. Ferrules and end pieces made of ivory . Silver coloured stamps on the drawtubes. Unsigned. Length 40-128 cm, Ø 4.5 cm. Late eighteenth century" (Louwman and Zuidervaart, 2013).

Length (open): 1280

Length (closed): 400

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Objective type: singlet

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Materials: ivory, pasteboard, unknown, paint

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