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Two English Brass Astronomical Telescopes
Estimate: $600-$800
Sold
$800
Live Auction
European Furniture & Decorative Arts
Description
Two English Brass Astronomical Telescopes
19th Century
the first example with a 3-inch lens and 43-inch body tube by Troughton & Simms, London, and having a finder, rack-and-pinion focusing, regular and angled eyepiece and four additional eyepieces; the second example with a 3-inch lens and a 38 1/2-inch body tube by Hughes, London with various eyepieces and mounts in a mahogany case with a retailers label for J. D. Potter, Successor to R. B. Bate, 31 Poultry, London.
Property from a Private Collector, Lincolnwood, Illinois
Condition
Neither examples with tripod mount or tripod stands.