6-INCH REFRACTING TELESCOPE, BY ALVAN CLARK & SONS, MASSACHUSETTS
DATED 1891
£6,000
Fine Furniture and Works of Art
Auction: 5 April 2017 at 11:00 BST
Description
marked ALVAN CLARK & SONS/ CAMBRIDGEPORT, MASS./ 1891, raised on an equatorial mount with a mahogany tripod, with seven eyepieces and a right-angle eyepiece tube, with partial spotting scope
Dimensions
223cm long approx.
Footnote
The Collection of the Late Allan Murray.
Provenance: Science & Technology sale no. 1790, Skinner, Bolton, 19 July 1997, Lot 300