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Telescope Box
Box and accessories: Accessories include one brass eyepiece about 100mm. long, and there is also an end cap for protecting the optics when the telescope is not in use. In addition, there are several miscellaneous pieces of equipment included in the telescope's storage box that do not appear to be original or intended for use with the telescope. When the screw-on eyepiece is attached the overall length of the telescope is 720 mm. The eyepiece cap is missing.
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Object Details
| ID: | AST0946.1 |
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| Type: | Telescope Box |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Watkins & Smith; Unknown |
| Date made: | circa 1770; Unknown |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 160 mm x 777 mm x 258 mm |
| Parts: |
Portable reflector telescope (Telescope)
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