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Lens with stand
    • Setting:
      Room XIII
    • Maker:
      unknown
    • Date:
      second half 18th cent.
    • Materials:
      glass, wood, brass
    • Dimensions:
      lens diameter 110 mm, height 320 mm
    • Inventory:
      761
    • Lens with stand (Inv. 761)

Biconvex converging lens mounted in a wooden ring. The ring is hinged on a brass fork fixed to a turned wooden base. Resembles inv. 764 and inv. 760.