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Description: | Shuftyscope, in rectangular wooden box. The shuftyscope consists of three pieces: an eye piece, inscribed 'R24' on the neck, a cable, and a cylinder with detachable base. It was used by customs and excise preventive officers on rummage duties to see into confined, enclosed spaces. It would have had a light source powered by batteries and a lens mounted at the end of ?the tube. The eye piece can be focused by a knurled ring mounted close to the handle.
The box has a hinged lid, two clasps and key locks, and a brown leather handle attached to the front. On the lid are two labels: the top label is inscribed 'CUSTOMS & EXCISE FRAUD DIVISION | SOUTH WALES & BORDERS | EQUIPMENT No. [barcode] F00605'; the bottom label, circular, is inscribed 'U/S 10-9-98 C. MORGAN' in faded, red, felt-pen ink. The front of the box, to the right of the handle contains two letters, handwritten in black marker-pen ink, 'MT'. The top of the shuftyscope cylinder protudes by 10mm through a hole in the box at the rear of the right side. | Source: | Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.industrialandmaritimehist | Go to resource |
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