Refracting Telescope, by John Marshall, London, c. 1715 | |||||||||||
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| Inventory Number: | 29666 | ||||||||||
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| Persons: | John Marshall | ||||||||||
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| Place Created: | London England United Kingdom Europe |
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| Accession Number: | 1925-43 | ||||||||||
| Brief Description: | English 9' refracting telescope by John Marshall, London. Undated; c.1715. Pasteboard tubes covered with vellum tooled in gold; lignum vitae lens mounts. The effective aperture of the objective is 7/8". The designs of the tools used for decorating this instrument are often found on Marshall's instruments. Their style is characteristic of the period 1700-1725. The coiled snake motif has not been recorded on bookbindings, and it is likely that body-tubes for telescopes and microscopes were made by a specialist, who sold them to the optical instrument makers who added the lenses. | ||||||||||
| Primary Inscriptions: | Signed twice around body tube at objective end: "IOHN:MARSHALL:LVDGATE:STREET:LONDON" | ||||||||||
| Provenance: | Lent by Christ Church, Oxford in 1924. | ||||||||||
| Collection Group: | Orrery Collection | ||||||||||
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