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Prismatic lens with mount
    • Setting:
      Room XIII
    • Maker:
      unknown
    • Date:
      second half 18th cent.
    • Materials:
      glass, wood
    • Dimensions:
      diameter 45 mm
    • Inventory:
      2614
    • Prismatic lens with mount (Inv. 2614)

Prismatic lens in a short wooden tube. Prismatic lenses can be used as optical toys because of their ability to multiply images.