Lot 457

2 3/4-inch TULLEY & SONS BRASS REFRACTING TELESCOPE AND TELESCOPIC-ACTION STAND
19TH CENTURY




Auction: 20 November 2019 from 10:00 GMT
£2,250
Description
signed on the tube 'TULLEY & SONS Islington London', on a column with a tripod base with a telescope strut, on a later mahogany fluted column pedestal with a rising mechanism and brass holding brackets and three arched leg supports
Dimensions
Tube 66cm long; stand 45cm diameter, 77cm high in lowest position
Footnote
Note: The firm was listed as Tulley & Sons in Islington from around 1826 to 1846.



