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BY FRANÇOIS DE BAILLOU (FL.1734-64), 1763
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An Italian spyglass
by François de Baillou (fl.1734-64), 1763
wooden body-tube decorated with tortoise-shell and gilt metal bands, the eyepiece signed François de Baillou à Milan l'année 1763, marked 5 on this side and 4 on the reverse, in a leather case with gold tooling, the inside decorated with a marbled floral pattern and black tooling
2¼in. (5.5cm) diameter
by François de Baillou (fl.1734-64), 1763
wooden body-tube decorated with tortoise-shell and gilt metal bands, the eyepiece signed François de Baillou à Milan l'année 1763, marked 5 on this side and 4 on the reverse, in a leather case with gold tooling, the inside decorated with a marbled floral pattern and black tooling
2¼in. (5.5cm) diameter
Literature
recorded on p.628 of Lualdi, A. 'François de Baillou, un ottico della Milano teresiana', Nuncius XI 2 (1996), pp.613-630
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