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LATE-18TH CENTURY
Details
A 3-INCH REFLECTING TELESCOPE
LATE-18TH CENTURY
the 24-inch body-tube with fishskin covering, pin hole sights, eyepiece extension, dust cap, primary and secondary mirrors with screw-rod focusing, mounted on mahogany tripod stand with brass fittings; with 2½ inch refracting telescope tube.
31½in. (80cm.) max height
LATE-18TH CENTURY
the 24-inch body-tube with fishskin covering, pin hole sights, eyepiece extension, dust cap, primary and secondary mirrors with screw-rod focusing, mounted on mahogany tripod stand with brass fittings; with 2½ inch refracting telescope tube.
31½in. (80cm.) max height
Provenance
The optics reputedly by Noel-Simon Carochez (fl. 1767-1813).
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.
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