Collection Highlights
Cake board
Date:
1825-1835
Object Number:
1937.1562
Medium:
Wood (possibly mahogany)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Telescope with lens cap
Object Number:
1943.360ab
Date:
1800-1835
Medium:
Brass, wood, glass
Dimensions:
closed: 8 7/8 x 2 5/8 in. ( 22.5 x 6.7 cm )
Marks:
engraved: on side of inner cylinder: "Lunette Vitro-Cristalline / par Cauchoix a Paris."
Description:
Hand-held telescope with brass and wood casing; brass lens cap.
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this telescope was used by William Sinclair, first Paymaster General of the United State Navy.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Mary L. and Miss Ellen D. Constant
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
