Antique Telescopes

English Regency rosewood pedestal base music stand with an adjustable lyre design rack and 2 side telescoping brass candleholders.

His achievements include improvements to the telescope and consequent astronomical observations and support for Copernicanism. 455mm by 350mm (platemark) The engraving is loose an...

The patinated bronze winged putto stands beside the ‘blued’ bronze globe of the world housing the movement; he holds scientific instruments, telescope, calibers etc. in one hand and ...

Spectators fill the background, some observing closely through telescopes, while others are seated under tents, with flags flying overhead.

The camel are attached to brass rods and the gap between the camels can be adjusted from 13 inches up to a gap of 22 inches as the rods fit inside each other and can telescope in or ...

The central tapered fut leads to a top mottled band below the ormolu fitted mount of a young man seated on a throne and surrounded by musical instruments and a telescope. Above is th...

To their left is an applied mount of a table globe and to their right a superb mount of an elaborate astronomical telescope. To each end is an applied mount of anthemion.

The pair sit on luxurious Empire-style chairs, highly decorated with elaborate scrollwork, and the base features fitting motifs such as a pair of putti presenting an array of scienti...

A fascinating sculpture of a monkey holding a telescope. The artist, Charles Soudant, has captured the monkey in a crouched position, with one hand holding the telescope and the othe...

A Magnificent Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Inlaid Marquetry ‘Table Des Muses’ By Beurdeley Emmanuel-Alfred Beurdeley Also widely known as the “Arts and Sci...

Hand painted vignettes of classically inspired images decorate all parts of this console, including a pair of chimera on the base, decorative vines on the legs and sides, and a scene...

The original and complete set of two narrow and two wider leaves are interchangeable and sit on the telescoping bed which is raised on elegant turned and reeded legs with brass casto...

Each figure is emblematic of their sense with an appropriate ascribed attribute: Hearing playing the guitar while a stag sits at her feet with a putti singing and a 24-karat gilt Hor...

The upper panel is a masterful depiction of various scientific instruments, including a planet, a compass, a telescope, a globe, and a sundial, all meticulously arranged on a platfor...

A rare patent extending dining table constructed from fine Cuban mahogany, when closed the table serves as an end-support table showcasing the handsome lotus-leaf carved and tapering...

Having a two handled urn to the top with flowers and garlands draping down to two semi nude classical female figures either side of the white enamel clock, with an eight day duration...

The poster features a group of Navy sailors in the crow's nest with a handheld telescope looking out onto the horizon. Various flags are flying.

I always think the round front frames look like that old "going back in time" effect you saw in books and movies when they were looking through a telescope Dimensions Height:- 25....

With a superb picture of a man wearing a hat and an overflowing bag, with a telescope and an umbrella, running towards an airplane next to the ghostly silhouette of a man showing him...

William Cary was an important scientific instrument maker, he trained under Jesse Ramsden (1735-1800) he produced numerous scientific instruments including mechanical calculators, me...

A hand hammered copper moniastic instrument with pierced silvered brass cuffs and telescoping length. This item came from Barbara J.

A superb 19th century satinwood and parcel gilt games table, the rectangular fold-over top with a gilt moulded edge, opening on telescope action to a purple baize playing surface, ab...

The base is applied with a central raised trophy with telescope, chart and a finely cast band depicting the zodiac.

He stands in front of a cannon, with his right hand tucked in his waistcoat. He holds a telescope at his side, wearing a blue coat, white breeches and black bicorn hat.

Brass Surveyors Level by Troughton & Simms, London Sixteen inch extending telescope with original lacquer finish and spirit level.

It has a central shaft meant for use as a zenith telescope, and for use in gravity and pendulum experiments.

At the center is a charming and finely detailed plaque of cherubs looking through a telescope and playing with a map and a globe flanked by large rosettes in a beautiful satin and bu...

Footnote: Thomas Harris (d. 1837) and his son William Harris (1797-1846), were opticians and manufacturers of globes, mathematical instruments, telescopes from Bloomsbury, London. On...

Apart from the wooden base, the entire support structure is made of bronze; on the foot there are the scale reproductions of a compass, a telescope and an open book. The sphere is...

Maker of the celebrated Lord Bury Telescope and was commissioned by Admiral Fitzroy to make his famous Fitroy barometer which were used in all the railway termini and principle hotel...

. & S" over "patent lever" in oval circle; hallmarked: "Reg" over image of telescope on cross shaped stand. Attractive, with good proportions, and timeless style, this exquisite ...

Thirteen and a half inch adjustable brass telescope surmounted by a central spirit level. Three and a half inch compass mounted below with silvered scale, locking bar and side mounte...

John Dollond was appointed optician to King George III and the Duke of York and Albany, who granted him ‘His Majesty’s Royal Letters’ for his refracting telescope. Other customers in...

The Arts are represented by an artist's palette, a sculpture bust and a compass, and Sciences by an open book, a globe and a telescope. The Serious Music panel is signed on the lower...

The frieze is decorated with a central gilt bronze plaque, depicting cherubs navigating with globes, telescopes, compasses and maps. The drawer, on either side of this plaque, is mou...

Its first practical application however was almost certainly by Passement in Paris who incorporated it in a clock mechanism to allow a telescope to point continuously at a single sta...

He stands on a decorative rectangular bronze pedistal, with canon ball and a Telescope. This high-quality bronze is made from the lost wax process, otherwise known as cire perdue...

The bottom tier of the candelabra is decorated with various illustrations of, for example, a globe and a telescope. This design is in keeping with the design of the clock.

In it's original tapered brown leather carry case is a miniature tripod, which extends to over 50" through a system of seven graduating slide out brass telescoping extenders; each se...

Parrish prepared an elaborate dummy or mock-up of the proposed publication, complete with watercolor sketches of the illustrations, and sent it to the publisher early in 1921 …The tw...

Few birds, indeed, are more difficult to be approached, and the only means of studying its habits I found to be the use of an excellent telescope, with which I could trace its motion...

From his waterborne cabin, Tait made detailed studies of the local fauna, which he observed at length with a telescope, and he sketched and painted from nature endlessly.