Naval telescope

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This achromatic telescope has a tapering mahogany barrel and a single silvered-brass draw tube. The fittings are also made of silvered brass and include a pivoted eyepiece cover and sliding sunshade. The telescope's original wooden box also survives.

The maker's name is engraved on the draw tube as 'Dollond / London'. There is also a maker's label on the inside of the box lid, recording that the company had by that time been appointed as ‘Optical Mathematical and Philosophical / Instrument Maker / to Her Majesty’ (Queen Victoria, reigned 1837-1901).

A further inscription on the draw tube records that the telescope was given 'To Captn John Parker R.N. in token of the high esteem / & regard felt for him by the late Isaac Minet Esqr / of Baldwyns Kent, / Presented by his Widow March 1839.'

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Object Details

ID:	NAV1566
Collection:	Astronomical and navigational instruments
Type:	Naval telescope
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Dollond & Aitchison
Date made:	circa 1839
People:	Minet, Isaac
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements:	Overall: 970 mm; Diameter: 62 mm