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Naval telescope
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.'
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 |
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| 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 |