Lot 347
Two English Brass Astronomical Telescopes
Sale 1017 - European Furniture & Decorative Arts
Lots 1-238
Apr 20, 2022
10:00AM CT
Lots 239-434
Apr 21, 2022
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Own a similar item?
Estimate
$600 -
800
Price Realized
$1,000
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot 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 Report
Contact Information
Auction Specialist