Peter Dollond
Telescope

AttributionEnglish, 1730–1820
CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Telescope
Datec. 1790
MediumBrass, glass, leather, and sharkskin
Dimensions11 1/2 × 1 7/8 in. diameter (29.2 × 4.8 cm)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, museum purchase funded by an anonymous donor at “One Great Night in November, 2018"
Object number2018.371
Current Location
Rienzi
Library
On view

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Department
Rienzi
ProvenancePrivate collection, France; [Galerie Delalande, Paris, 2017]; purchased by MFAH, 2018.

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Cased Set of Drawing Instruments
Unknown English
c. 1836–1853
Brass, steel, wood, ivory, and sharkskin
B.2018.60.A-.I
Counter Box
Unknown English
Late 18th century
Ivory, carnelian, tortoiseshell, gold and silver
94.988.A-.F
Bellows
Unknown American
c.1825–1850
Wood, leather, paint, and brass
B.91.26
Bellows
Unknown American
c. 1785–1815
Mahogany and unidentified inlay; white oak, leather, and brass
B.83.1
Scales
Unknown African
1900–1977
Brass and fiber
77.156
Pipe gold weight
Unknown African
1900–1977
Brass
77.123
Three Troy Weight Goldweights
Unknown African
1900–1977
Brass
77.60.A-.C
Fourteen Stamps
Unknown African
1850–1970
Various metals
97.1515.1-.14
Thread Caddy
Unknown American
c. 1820–1870
Maple
B.2002.12.A,.B
Thread Caddy
Unknown American
c. 1820–1870
Maple
B.2002.9
Sewing Clamp
Unknown American
c. 1840–1890
Maple, tin mirrored glass, silk, paper, and painted decoration
B.2002.21
Scholar's Water Coup with Stand
19th or 20th century
Turquoise
96.1843.A,.B