Portable telescope

Achromatic telescope with a wooden barrel and brass fittings, inscribed (now indistinctly) with the maker's name and address in Albermarle Street, Piccadilly, London. It has a single draw tube and a sliding eyepiece cover. There may once have been an objective lens cap, but this is now missing. The number 'IIII' is roughly inscribed on the draw tube and on the field/erecting lens holder. These marks were presumably made during the production process.

Object Details

ID: ZBA4738
Type: Portable telescope
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Solomons
Date made: Mid 19th century
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Diameter: 60 mm;Fully extended: 586 mm;Overall: 511 mm
Parts: Portable telescope