tripod for Y level
Datemid 19th-late 19th Century
Inventory Number5240b
ClassificationTripod
Subject
User
James Utting
1782 - after 1851
Maker
English
?
Cultural Region
Place of Use
Dimensionsbound: 100 x 7 cm (39 3/8 x 2 3/4 in.)
Material
Accessoriesaccompanies a Dollond Y level, 5240a
DescriptionTripod with three wooden legs. The point of each leg is metal-reinforced; at the opposite end is a brass hinge, which attaches to a circular brass piece whose top portion is threaded. When closed, the tripod is bound by a webbed strap originating at a brass loop attached to one hinge. The strap passes under a brass plate bolted to the same leg, then curls to form a loop at the opposite end, through which the ends of all three legs may be inserted.
Signedunsigned
Curatorial RemarksThis object was previously numbered DW0605.
FunctionFor mounting a Y level or other surveying instrument. See 5240a.
The tripod is not original to the Y level it accompanies, 5240a. See the mahogany block beneath the Y level's foot plate. See also the engraving on the inside of the Y level's case.
The tripod is not original to the Y level it accompanies, 5240a. See the mahogany block beneath the Y level's foot plate. See also the engraving on the inside of the Y level's case.
ProvenanceDavid Wheatland purchased from Alain Brieux, Paris, May 1, 1963 (lot 11/6). Donated to CHSI March 1977.
Edmund Culpeper
Date: circa 1730
Accessories: 6 objectives for screw-barrel microscope; 3 objectives for compound body; 1 lieberkuhn; 1 opaque attachment; brass box; 2 ivory slides, 1 brass wet-cell slide; tweezer; ivory handle; glass specimen fish tube; storage box; instruction booklet by Culpeper (stored in instrument file).
Object number: 1173
French
Date: circa 1880
Accessories: protecting case with glass window
Object number: DW0095
Accessories: tapered mahogany case with brass hooks and hinges, and felt protectors; dumpy level foot plate; dumpy level in mahogany case with tripod mount, additional eyepiece, magnifier, and adjustable mirror
Object number: 5208b
L. Casella
Date: circa 1860
Accessories: two brass spirit levels on legs; mahogany case
Object number: 5255
Buff & Buff Manufacturing Company
Date: circa 1905
Accessories: wood case; leather case; right-angle prism; plumb bob; oil flask; tripod (5174b)
Object number: 5174a
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