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Description: | Gieves Ltd
No 8576
P.R.G. Worth
This achromatic telescope is of a style that was commonly used on board ship from the 19th century onwards and is known as an Officer of the Watch telescope. It has a leather-covered barrel and a single silvered-brass draw tube. The other silvered-brass fittings include an extending sunshade and a sliding eyepiece cover.
The draw tube has the inscription 'GIEVES LTD. / No. 8576'. The firm of Gieves probably did not make the telescope but would have sold it.
A second inscription on the collar of the barrel names a previous owner, Commander P.R.G. Worth (1917-81), who served in the Royal Navy from 1935 to 1958. A number of items belonging to Commander Worth are now in the National Maritime Museum including his Distinguished Service Cross (MED2002).
Focal length: 23.5". O.G.diameter: 1.1".
caption: Officer of the Watch telescope
caption: Officer of the Watch telescope - inscription | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Achromatic lens Officer of the Watch telescope achromatic telescopes Gieves & Hawkes Ltd P R G Worth | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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