Opera Glasses
date: label: date made
content: mid 19th century
name: label: maker
content: Waldstein et Sohn
notes: label: Description
content: This is a gold-plated brass instrument with a tortoise-shell handle. The barrels are covered with black lacquer. The eyecups are flat and marked “WALDSTEIN ET SOHN MÜNCHEN.” The objective lenses are 23 mm diameter. The three crossbars are fixed. Focus is by rotating the left barrel. The pouch is blue velvet.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Bavaria, Munich
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Optics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Jane and Mary Henle
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.336791
label: catalog number
content: 336791
label: accession number
content: 1978.2216
objectType: label: Object Name
content: opera glasses
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in; 10.16 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall in pouch: 7 in x 3 3/8 in x 2 1/4 in; 17.78 cm x 8.5725 cm x 5.715 cm