Lot 395
6-INCH REFRACTING TELESCOPE, BY WILLIAM T. GREGG, NEW YORK
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Fine Furniture and Works of Art
Auction: 5 April 2017 at 11:00 BST
Description
marked WILLIAM T. GREGG/ NEW YORK, with engraved brass setting circles with verniers and slow-motions to both axes, with a brass finderscope, objective, photographic corrector and lens cell, raised on a later wood tripod, with a wood box fitted with accessories
Dimensions
218cm long approx.
Footnote
The Collection of the Late Allan Murray.
Provenance: 'Premier Scientific Instrument Auction', Vernonscope & Co., New York, 14 May 1994, Lot 393
Believed to have been owned by Charles A. Post during the late 19th century.
Note: William T. Gregg was a successful American optician in the late 19th century. Located at 104 Fulton Street, New York, the company manufactured cameras, telescopes and lenses, as well as other optical and surveying equipment.