Telescope
Date1890
Object number00049106
NameTelescope
MediumBrass
DimensionsOverall: 535 x 60 mm, 1459 g, 70 mm
ClassificationsTools and equipment
Credit LineANMM Collection Norma Dorothy Free Bequest
DescriptionA brass telescope believed to have belonged to a Burns Philp Captain from the late nineteenth or early twentieth century.SignificanceThis is an excellent example of a telescope used by the Burns Philp shipping line, and produced by the renowned London instrument makers Francis Barker & Sons.
late 19th Century
late 19th Century
late 19th Century
1780-1850
