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Mounted prismatic lens
    • Setting:
      Room XI
    • Maker:
      unknown
    • Date:
      second half 18th cent.
    • Materials:
      glass, wood, brass
    • Dimensions:
      lens diameter 65 mm, height 400 mm
    • Inventory:
      768
    • Mounted prismatic lens (Inv. 768)

Prismatic lens mounted in a large wooden ring. The ring is hinged on a brass fork fixed to a turned wooden base. Closely resembles lenses inv. 769 and inv. 770. Prismatic lenses can be used as optical toys because of their ability to multiply images.