Name/Title
1899-1902 British Army (private purchase) officers' binoculars.Entry/Object ID
1991.41.1aDescription
1899-1902 British Army officer's private purchase field glasses (Galilean binoculars). Black-painted brass eyecups, black-painted brass fixed bridge type body, adjusting wheel. Lens tubes have brown leather covers stitched around them. Each lens tube end has a sliding black-painted brass eyeshade. Object glass diameter is 4.5 cms.Made/Created
Date made
1899 - 1902Notes
Date: 1899Inscription/Signature/Marks
Transcription
Stamped inside eyepieces: "Ross. London"
Stamped white paint into bridge: "X5 2 7/8"Dimensions
Width
11.3 cmLength
12 cmDiameter
5.5 cm
