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Binocular Glasses

MOA: University of British Columbia

3000/5

Pair of metal binoculars. Eye piece assembly is made of brass, with a black patina. Below it at centre sits a rigged focussing knob. The barrels are covered in a hard black leather and flare slightly toward the objective lenses, which are lined with moveable tin tubes that have a pattern of incised, encircling lines.

  • Narrative

    From the collection of the missionary Thomas Crosby, who worked in various places on the Northwest Coast of B.C. from 1863 to 1907. Possibly from the S.S. Glad Tidings, a Methodist mission vessel launched in 1884 by Thomas Crosby. It sailed from Victoria up the B.C. coast to Port Simpson from 1884 until 1903, when it sank.

  • Type of Item glass
  • Culture English
  • Material brass metal, tin metal, leather skin, glass
  • Measurements height 16.4 cm, width 12.8 cm, depth 6.5 cm (overall)
  • Previous Owner Thomas Crosby, Jane Howard, Thomas Taylor Crosby
  • Received from Jane Howard, Thomas Taylor Crosby
  • Made in United Kingdom, England
  • Creation Date before 1914
  • Ownership Date before 1914, before April 17, 2013
  • Acquisition Date on April 17, 2013
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3000/0005

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