Summary
Miners loupe used by Francis Bassett-Beel or his son John Beel at Baarmutha, Victoria, circa 1880s.
Francis Bassett-Beel was a Cornish miner from Ludock, Cornwall who migrated to the Baarmutha Goldfields in Victoria, about 1850. He built a house in 1852 at Three Mile Diggins and farmed the land. Francis married Elizabeth Stephens on 6 March 1861 at St Enodor, Cornwall, when Elizabeth was 19 years of age. The couple returned to Australia with Elizabeth's mother, Grace, after their marriage travelling on the 'Angelsea'.
A loupe is a small handheld magnifying glass. The word derives from the French 'loupe' meaning magnifying glass. Loupes are often used by watchmakers, jewellers and numismatists.
Physical Description
Compact handheld magnifying glass with two pivot lenses.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Clothing & Textiles, Engineering, Migration, Politics & Society, Working Life & Trades
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User (Possible)
Mr Francis Bassett-Beel, Baarmutha, North East, Victoria, Australia, circa 1850s-1880s
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User (Possible)
Mr John Beel, Baarmutha, North East, Victoria, Australia, circa 1850s-1880s
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Type of item
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Object Dimensions
57 mm (Width), 26 mm (Depth), 10 mm (Height)
Dimensions for loupe in closed configuration.
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Keywords
Magnifying Lenses, Gold Mining, Gold Miners, Jewellers, Jewellery, Gold & Silversmithing, Gold Rushes, Goldfields, Cornish immigration, Cornish communities
