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Pirate Monkey Car Mascot / Hood Ornament Signed Ch. Soudant. France 1920´s
Pirate Monkey Car Mascot / Hood Ornament Signed Ch. Soudant. France 1920´s

Pirate Monkey Car Mascot / Hood Ornament Signed Ch. Soudant. France 1920´s

By Susse Freres, Ch. Soudant

Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos

a monkey holding a telescope. The artist, Charles Soudant, has captured the monkey in a crouched

Category

Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Telescopes

Materials

Bronze

Magnificent 19th Century Gilt Bronze Marquetry ‘Table Des Muses’ By Beurdeley
Magnificent 19th Century Gilt Bronze Marquetry ‘Table Des Muses’ By Beurdeley

Magnificent 19th Century Gilt Bronze Marquetry ‘Table Des Muses’ By Beurdeley

By Emmanuel-Alfred Beurdeley

Located in Long Island City, NY

Geometry, personified by the Muses Urania and Calliope holding a telescope and a pair of compasses and

Category

Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Telescopes

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

Cartier Paris Art Deco Enamel and Diamond Pencil Pendant Necklace
Cartier Paris Art Deco Enamel and Diamond Pencil Pendant Necklace

Cartier Paris Art Deco Enamel and Diamond Pencil Pendant Necklace

By Cartier

Located in New York, NY

composed of 18K gold, enamel and rose-cut diamonds. The reeded telescoping cylinder with bands of black

Category

Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Telescopes

Materials

Diamond, Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel

The Astronomy Lesson French Empire Mantel Clock
The Astronomy Lesson French Empire Mantel Clock

The Astronomy Lesson French Empire Mantel Clock

Located in New Orleans, LA

instruments, a table globe and an impressive astronomical telescope. Among the abundance of shimmering ormolu

Category

19th Century French Empire Antique Telescopes

Materials

Marble, Enamel, Ormolu

Antique Pair of English Bookends in the Shape of a Camel
Antique Pair of English Bookends in the Shape of a Camel

Antique Pair of English Bookends in the Shape of a Camel

Located in London, GB

adjusted from 13 inches up to a gap of 22 inches as the rods fit inside each other and can telescope in or

Category

1890s English Antique Telescopes

Materials

Bronze

French 19th Century Empire St. Ormolu and Marble Pedestal
French 19th Century Empire St. Ormolu and Marble Pedestal

French 19th Century Empire St. Ormolu and Marble Pedestal

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

instruments and a telescope. Above is the square top shelf.

Category

19th Century French Empire Antique Telescopes

Materials

Marble

Set of 5 Meissen Figures Emblematic of the Senses by J.J. Kändler and Eberlein
Set of 5 Meissen Figures Emblematic of the Senses by J.J. Kändler and Eberlein

Set of 5 Meissen Figures Emblematic of the Senses by J.J. Kändler and Eberlein

By Meissen Porcelain

Located in New York, NY

putti is cooking food and a ham is left for later consumption, Sight using a telescope while holding a

Category

1860s German Rococo Antique Telescopes

Materials

Porcelain

Rare 19th Century English Mahogany Extending Dining Table by Wilkinson & Sons
Rare 19th Century English Mahogany Extending Dining Table by Wilkinson & Sons

Rare 19th Century English Mahogany Extending Dining Table by Wilkinson & Sons

By Thomas Wilkinson & Sons

Located in London, GB

pairs of lion paw feet; an ingenious telescoping mechanism concealed underneath the swivel top, allowing

Category

19th Century English Antique Telescopes

Materials

Mahogany

Gillows Imperial Patent Mahogany Dining Table
Gillows Imperial Patent Mahogany Dining Table

Gillows Imperial Patent Mahogany Dining Table

By Gillows of Lancaster & London

Located in Folkestone, GB

and sit on the telescoping bed which is raised on elegant turned and reeded legs with brass castors

Category

Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Telescopes

Materials

Mahogany

Large Italian 19th Century Console
Large Italian 19th Century Console

Large Italian 19th Century Console

Located in Hudson, NY

gifts upon a man with books, a globe, and a telescope (possibly a writer, or a merchant). Measures: c

Category

Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Telescopes

Materials

Burl

19th Century Satinwood & Parcel Gilt Games Table by Holland & Sons
19th Century Satinwood & Parcel Gilt Games Table by Holland & Sons

19th Century Satinwood & Parcel Gilt Games Table by Holland & Sons

By Holland & Sons

Located in Dublin, IE

gilt moulded edge, opening on telescope action to a purple baize playing surface, above a plain frieze

Category

19th Century English Victorian Antique Telescopes

Materials

Satinwood

Large Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mantel Clock, 19th Century
Large Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mantel Clock, 19th Century

Large Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mantel Clock, 19th Century

By Henri Voisin

Located in Brighton, Sussex

, set on an ormolu fluted pedestal, with an inset plaque depicting cherubs with a globe, telescope and

Category

Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Telescopes

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

18th-century celestial - Cetus

18th-century celestial - Cetus

Located in London, London

telescope in order to create a star atlas showing the sky above Greenwich. This was a huge undertaking and

Category

1750s Naturalistic Antique Telescopes

Materials

Watercolor, Engraving

18th-century celestial - Eridanus Orion Lepus

18th-century celestial - Eridanus Orion Lepus

Located in London, London

observed using a telescope in order to create a star atlas showing the sky above Greenwich. This was a huge

Category

1750s Naturalistic Antique Telescopes

Materials

Watercolor, Engraving

18th-century celestial - Camelopardal & Auriga

18th-century celestial - Camelopardal & Auriga

Located in London, London

telescope in order to create a star atlas showing the sky above Greenwich. This was a huge undertaking and

Category

1750s Naturalistic Antique Telescopes

Materials

Watercolor, Engraving

Fine Circular Protractor by William Cary, London c.1810
Fine Circular Protractor by William Cary, London c.1810

Fine Circular Protractor by William Cary, London c.1810

By Cary

Located in Norwich, GB

including mechanical calculators, measuring instruments, telescopes, microscopes and navigation and

Category

1810s English Antique Telescopes

Materials

Brass

Charles X Figural Ormolu Mantel Clock Depicting Urania
Charles X Figural Ormolu Mantel Clock Depicting Urania

Charles X Figural Ormolu Mantel Clock Depicting Urania

By Nicholas Douillon

Located in Montreal, QC

raised trophy with telescope, chart and a finely cast band depicting the zodiac. The case is tastefully

Category

1830s French Charles X Antique Telescopes

Materials

Bronze

Brass Surveyors Level by Troughton & Simms, London
Brass Surveyors Level by Troughton & Simms, London

Brass Surveyors Level by Troughton & Simms, London

By Troughton & Simms London

Located in Norwich, GB

Brass Surveyors Level by Troughton & Simms, London Sixteen inch extending telescope with

Category

19th Century British Victorian Antique Telescopes

Materials

Brass

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Belle Époque Period Ormolu Clock
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Belle Époque Period Ormolu Clock

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Belle Époque Period Ormolu Clock

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

center is a charming and finely detailed plaque of cherubs looking through a telescope and playing with a

Category

19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Telescopes

Materials

Ormolu

19th Century Amboyna Console/Card Table Attributed To Holland & Sons
19th Century Amboyna Console/Card Table Attributed To Holland & Sons

19th Century Amboyna Console/Card Table Attributed To Holland & Sons

By Holland & Sons

Located in Dublin, IE

rectangular hinged top decorated with leaf banding, opening on telescope action to a burgundy baize playing

Category

Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Telescopes

Materials

Amboyna

Antique Miniature Terrestrial Globe by Newton & Son, London
Antique Miniature Terrestrial Globe by Newton & Son, London

Antique Miniature Terrestrial Globe by Newton & Son, London

By Newton and Son

Located in Milano, IT

bronze; on the foot there are the scale reproductions of a compass, a telescope and an open book. The

Category

1840s English Early Victorian Antique Telescopes

Materials

Bronze

Celestial Table Globe by Harris and Son
Celestial Table Globe by Harris and Son

Celestial Table Globe by Harris and Son

Located in Lymington, Hampshire

of globes, mathematical instruments, telescopes from Bloomsbury, London. On their “New Celestial

Category

1810s English Antique Telescopes

Materials

Mahogany

Victorian Desk Clock / Barometer / Thermometer Set
Victorian Desk Clock / Barometer / Thermometer Set

Victorian Desk Clock / Barometer / Thermometer Set

By J.H Steward

Located in Norwich, GB

barometers during the second half of the nineteenth century. Maker of the celebrated Lord Bury Telescope and

Category

19th Century British Victorian Antique Telescopes

Materials

Oak

19th Century Hepplewhite Style Bow Front Sideboard
19th Century Hepplewhite Style Bow Front Sideboard

19th Century Hepplewhite Style Bow Front Sideboard

Located in Forney, TX

" over "patent lever" in oval circle; hallmarked: "Reg" over image of telescope on cross shaped stand

Category

19th Century Hepplewhite Antique Telescopes

Materials

Mahogany, Oak, Paint

Extremely Japanese Rare Lacquer Plaque Depicting Russian St. Petersburg
Extremely Japanese Rare Lacquer Plaque Depicting Russian St. Petersburg

Extremely Japanese Rare Lacquer Plaque Depicting Russian St. Petersburg

Located in Amsterdam, NL

beautiful Japanese glass telescopes to Catherine the Great of Russia, like the two Japanese glass telescopes

Category

Late 18th Century Japanese Antique Telescopes

Materials

Copper

Bow-Front Marine Barometer by John Dollond
Bow-Front Marine Barometer by John Dollond

Bow-Front Marine Barometer by John Dollond

By Dollond, London

Located in Lymington, Hampshire

Letters’ for his refracting telescope. Other customers included Captain Cook, Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson

Category

1820s English Antique Telescopes

Materials

Brass

Oxidised Surveyors Level by Reid and Young
Oxidised Surveyors Level by Reid and Young

Oxidised Surveyors Level by Reid and Young

Located in Norwich, GB

tripod mounting with four holding rings. Thirteen and a half inch adjustable brass telescope surmounted

Category

1920s British Edwardian Antique Telescopes

Materials

Brass

A Napoleon III Gilt and Silvered Bronze, Onyx and Enamel Figural Clock Set
A Napoleon III Gilt and Silvered Bronze, Onyx and Enamel Figural Clock Set

A Napoleon III Gilt and Silvered Bronze, Onyx and Enamel Figural Clock Set

By Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse

Located in Brighton, West Sussex

incorporated it in a clock mechanism to allow a telescope to point continuously at a single star. The Onyx

Category

19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Telescopes

Materials

Onyx, Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu

French Marble, Gilt Bronze and Amboyna Burl Side Cabinet
French Marble, Gilt Bronze and Amboyna Burl Side Cabinet

French Marble, Gilt Bronze and Amboyna Burl Side Cabinet

Located in London, GB

central gilt bronze plaque, depicting cherubs navigating with globes, telescopes, compasses and maps. The

Category

19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Telescopes

Materials

Marble, Ormolu, Bronze

Antique Library Bronze of Napoleon Bonaparte 19th Century
Antique Library Bronze of Napoleon Bonaparte 19th Century

Antique Library Bronze of Napoleon Bonaparte 19th Century

Located in London, GB

-high boots. He stands on a decorative rectangular bronze pedistal, with canon ball and a Telescope

Category

1850s Antique Telescopes

Materials

Bronze

Impressive Antique Austrian Champlevé Enamel, Silver-Gilt and Lapis Lazuli Clock
Impressive Antique Austrian Champlevé Enamel, Silver-Gilt and Lapis Lazuli Clock

Impressive Antique Austrian Champlevé Enamel, Silver-Gilt and Lapis Lazuli Clock

Located in London, GB

illustrations of, for example, a globe and a telescope. This design is in keeping with the design of the clock

Category

Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Telescopes

Materials

Lapis Lazuli, Silver, Bronze, Enamel

Vintage Miniature German Variable Camera Tripod 1920s with Ansel Adams Book
Vintage Miniature German Variable Camera Tripod 1920s with Ansel Adams Book

Vintage Miniature German Variable Camera Tripod 1920s with Ansel Adams Book

By Carl Zeiss

Located in Incline Village, NV

extends to over 50" through a system of seven graduating slide out brass telescoping extenders; each

Category

1920s American Art Deco Antique Telescopes

Materials

Brass

The Knave of Hearts: List of Characters
The Knave of Hearts: List of Characters

The Knave of Hearts: List of Characters

By Maxfield Parrish

Located in Fort Washington, PA

, was packaged in a telescoping box, decorated with one of the illustrations from the book. Coinciding

Category

1920s Antique Telescopes

Materials

Oil, Board

The Intruder
The Intruder

The Intruder

By Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait

Located in New York, NY

, Tait made detailed studies of the local fauna, which he observed at length with a telescope, and he

Category

19th Century American Realist Antique Telescopes

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Antique Telescope
Antique Telescope

Antique Telescope

Unavailable|$3,500

Antique Telescope

By Bardou & Son

Located in Brooklyn, NY

A very fine antique Brass and iron adjustable table-top telescope signed Bardou & Son (Paris

Category

19th Century French Antique Telescopes

Materials

Brass, Iron

English Refracting Telescope
English Refracting Telescope

English Refracting Telescope

By Thomas Harris and Son

Located in Savannah, GA

Working brass telescope on mahogany tripod base. Signed "Tho. Harris and Son Opticians to the Royal

Category

19th Century English Antique Telescopes

Materials

Brass

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Antique Telescopes For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of antique telescopes is available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, brass and wood, all antique telescopes available were constructed with great care. Antique telescopes have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. Victorian, Georgian and Industrial antique telescopes are consistently popular styles. Antique telescopes have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Dollond, London, Bardou & Son and A. Bardou are consistently popular.

How Much are Antique Telescopes?

The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $1,524, while they’re typically $74 on the low end and $228,500 highest priced.
Questions About Antique Telescopes
  • 1stDibs ExpertJune 30, 2023
    A nautical telescope is an optical device used by sailors. Its purpose is to spot other ships and landforms that are on the horizon. Smaller versions are sometimes referred to as spy glasses. On 1stDibs, find a range of telescopes.