Collection Highlights
Kerchief
Date:
1776-1777
Object Number:
1952.63
Medium:
Linen
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Binoculars with case (6)
Object Number:
INV.7738a-f
Date:
1850-1865
Medium:
Glass, leather, wood, brass, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/8 x 6 1/8 in. ( 18.7 x 15.6 cm )
Description:
Glass, leather, wood, brass, and silk binoculars with case; two black leather-covered brass cylinders with circular glass eyepiece fitted at rear and sight fitted at front, held together by three connecting frames fastened to cylindrical rod in middle; fitted, tapered wooden case and lid with black leather cover and pink velvet lining stitched to interior; three eyepiece fragments.
Gallery Label:
According to an attached label, these binoculars were used by the donor's father, Admiral Stephen Decatur Trenchard, during and after the Civil War.
Credit Line:
Presented by Edward Trenchard, 1918
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
