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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
Living Room
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. 1785–1815
Mahogany and unidentified inlay; white oak, leather, and brass
B.83.1
Bellows
Unknown American
c.1825–1850
Wood, leather, paint, and brass
B.91.26
Three Troy Weight Goldweights
Unknown African
1900–1977
Brass
77.60.A-.C
Scales
Unknown African
1900–1977
Brass and fiber
77.156
Pipe gold weight
Unknown African
1900–1977
Brass
77.123
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
Terrestrial Globe
J. & W. Cary
c. 1791, updated 1831
Satinwood, paper, and brass
2016.346
Cup
19th century
Jade
96.1649
Box with Lid
Unknown Indian
20th century
Lacquer on papier mâché
96.1658.A,.B
Peter Dollond