Lot 56: Early Marine Telescope

$800.00

Lot 56: Early Marine Telescope

$800.00

Rare, George III, brass with tapering mahogany barrel, and single-draw brass tube marine telescope, by Edward Nairne, London, sliding brass apertures to eyepiece and lens, 10-sided carved mahogany tube, c. 1770, lens aperture is signed “Nairne, London”, 53″ l, 12 1/2″ (draw extended), (ex. Commander William Bricker collection, Newport, RI).

Estimate: $1,000-1,500