Rouge
notes: label: Description
content: Rouge from the shop of Henry Fitz (1808-1863), America’s first successful commercial telescope maker. It would have been used for polishing lenses.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Willard H. Howell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.315158.032
label: accession number
content: 215541
label: catalog number
content: 315158.032
objectType: label: Object Name
content: polishing rouge
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 cm x 8 cm; 2 3/8 in x 3 1/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 cm x 5.5 cm; 2 3/8 in x 2 3/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 in x 7 in x 4 in; 22.86 cm x 17.78 cm x 10.16 cm