An Italian spyglass

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