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Lens with mount
    • Setting:
      Room IX
    • Maker:
      unknown
    • Date:
      second half 18th cent.
    • Materials:
      glass, wood
    • Dimensions:
      lens diameter 150 mm, height 340 mm
    • Inventory:
      784
    • Lens with mount (Inv. 784)

Biconvex converging lens mounted in a wooden ring with a turned handle. Probably an accessory for an optical bench.