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Naval telescope
This achromatic telescope has a tapered mahogany barrel with a black leather cover. It has a single brass draw tube. There is a brass cap for the objective lens, while the eyepiece has a sliding cover.
An inscription on the draw tube reads ‘Spencer Browning & Rust / LONDON / Improved’. The firm of Spencer Browning & Rust began trading from Wapping in about 1784.
A second inscription names ‘Mr St Quintin, / 49, Green St, Grosvenor Square.’, presumably a previous owner. In addition, a handwritten label on the telescope records that it once belonged to Admiral Darby, who died in 1790.
An inscription on the draw tube reads ‘Spencer Browning & Rust / LONDON / Improved’. The firm of Spencer Browning & Rust began trading from Wapping in about 1784.
A second inscription names ‘Mr St Quintin, / 49, Green St, Grosvenor Square.’, presumably a previous owner. In addition, a handwritten label on the telescope records that it once belonged to Admiral Darby, who died in 1790.
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Object Details
| ID: | NAV1605 |
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| Collection: | Astronomical and navigational instruments |
| Type: | Naval telescope |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Spencer Browning & Rust |
| Date made: | circa 1790 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 655 mm; Diameter: 60 mm |
| Parts: | Naval telescope |