Lot 6
Mounted on a Queen Anne style brass stand. Signed at the end of the tube 'Yeats & Son Dublin'. Includes a box containing four lenses and three eyepieces. Box tabel reads 'The Transit of Venus Made Easy to Understand By the Means of Models, by Rev E. L Berthon M.A F.R.A.S'. Lens screwed on telescope tube inscribed 'For foggy weather'.
Irish circa 1840.
Height 102 cm | Tube length 109 cm | Total extended length 180 cm | Objective lens diameter 10 cm | Eyepiece diameter 5 cm
Estimate $1,500 - $2,500
Overall condition is good.
Surface scratches and marks conclusive with age.
Extra lenses in box. With lense cap.
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The Collector's Auction
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8295
6:30pm - 26 March 2019
36-40 Queen Street, Woollahra
VIEWING
Friday 22 March - Monday 25 March, 10am-4pm
Tuesday 26 March, 10am-2pm
CONTACT
Hamish Clark
hamish.clark@leonardjoel.com.au
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