Lot 384
4-INCH REFRACTING MAHOGANY AND BRASS TELESCOPE, BY HENRY FITZ, NEW YORK
CIRCA 1850
Fine Furniture and Works of Art
Auction: 5 April 2017 at 11:00 BST
£9,375
Description
marked HENRY FITZ/ NEW YORK, with a finderscope, on an equatorial mount, with geared right ascension slow motion and acorn shaped counter weight, raised on a wooden tripod
Dimensions
158cm long approx.
Footnote
The Collection of the Late Allan Murray.
Provenance: 'Premier Scientific Instrument Auction', Yeier Optics, New York, 4 August 2001, Lot 200