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Officer of the Watch telescope
This achromatic navigational telescope has a leather-covered barrel and silvered-brass fittings, including a single draw tube, a sliding sunshade and a pivoted eyepiece cover. The objective lens cap is missing.
An inscription on the sunshade records the gift of the telescope to 'L. Donaldson R.N. / from / Admiral Vansittart, C.B. / 1890’. There are also rough maker's marks on the draw tube, possibly the numeral ‘X’.
An inscription on the sunshade records the gift of the telescope to 'L. Donaldson R.N. / from / Admiral Vansittart, C.B. / 1890’. There are also rough maker's marks on the draw tube, possibly the numeral ‘X’.
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Object Details
| ID: | NAV1687 |
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| Collection: | Astronomical and navigational instruments |
| Type: | Officer of the Watch telescope |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Date made: | circa 1890 |
| People: | Vansittart, Edward Westby; Donaldson, L. |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 442 mm; Diameter: 36 mm |