Spy Glass
notes: label: Description
content: Small spy glass with a “WIDDIFIELD & Co / BOSTON” inscription on the eyepiece. This firm was established by Daniel Brown Widdifield (1800-1862) in 1828, and continued by his sons, Daniel B. Jr. and George F.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: J. William Rosenthal, M.D.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0929.06
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0929.06
label: accession number
content: 1986.0929
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Telescope
label: Object Name
content: monocular
label: Other Terms
content: Telescope; Vision Aids
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: extended: 10.3 cm x 4 cm; x 4 1/16 in x 1 9/16 in
label: Measurements
content: folded: 3 3/32 in x 1 9/16 in; x 7.874 cm x 3.937 cm