Unknown, 1775 c.
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Photo

photo - whole telescope
Basic Info

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 100

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.103. #106.

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. #100.

Public Notes:

"Presumably Italian telescope. Main tube painted with floral motifs on a green background. Three lightly marbled pasteboard drawtubes. Ferrules made of horn and ditto end pieces. Unsigned. Length 47-117 cm, Ø 5 cm. Late eighteenth century" (Louwman and Zuidervaart, 2013).

Length (open): 1170

Length (closed): 470

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Optical Basics

Objective type: singlet

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Materials: horn, pasteboard, paint

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