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Early 20th Century Telescope, Large
Located in New Orleans, LA
A large brass and wood telescope. Fully compacted, the telescope is 15".
Category

Early 20th Century French Nautical Objects

Materials

Brass

Large Antique Library Telescope, English, Starboy, Astronomical, Broadhurst & Co
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique library telescope. An English, brass 'Starboy' astronomical mounted refractor by
Category

Early 20th Century British Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Large Antique Double Barel Victorian Brass Tripod Telescope London 1915
Located in Sofia, BG
20th Century large antique double barel Victorian brass telescope raised on a foldable wooden
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Early 20th Century English Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Large, Antique Telescope Tripod, English, Pine, Observatory, Rack, circa 1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large, antique telescope tripod. An English, pine observatory rack dating to the late
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Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Scientific Instruments

Materials

Pine

Large Brass Library Telescope on Folding Tripod Base from Scotland
By D. McGregor & Co. 1
Located in Austin, TX
A fine large Scottish working library telescope of brass, from the 19th century, for terrestrial or
Category

Antique 19th Century Scottish Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass, Metal, Steel, Iron

Antique Telescope, Large, Single Draw Refractor, Cary London, circa 1820
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique telescope, a large single draw refractor for terrestrial or astronomical use. An
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Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Large Antique Solid Brass Library Telescope by Broadhurst, Clarkson and Co
Located in Montreal, QC
Large Antique Solid Brass Library Telescope by Broadhurst, Clarkson and Co Marked: '' 63
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Vintage 1910s British Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Large Antique Dolland & Co 1890 Brass Telescope with Mahogany box with accessori
By Dolland
Located in Bishop's Stortford, GB
Large Antique Dolland & Co 1890 Brass Telescope with Mahogany box with accessories. This amazing
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Antique Late 19th Century British Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Large Antique Officer of the Watch Telescope, English, Negretti and Zambra, 1880
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large antique 'officer of the watch' telescope. An English, single draw refractor for
Category

Antique Late 19th Century British Scientific Instruments

Materials

Metal

Antique Brass Three-Draw Telescope, 19th Century
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
portability, as a 14” long telescope could be collapsed to a 5” in length and an even larger 40” long
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Antique 19th Century French Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Telescoping #2 (Large Photorealist Oil Painting of a Red & White Crane on Blue)
Located in Hudson, NY
Large, photo-realist painting on canvas featuring a fire engine red and white industrial crane
Category

1990s Photorealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique English Mahogany & Brass Nautical Telescope, London, circa 1850
Located in Pearland, TX
A superb large antique English mahogany and brass nautical maritime telescope or spyglass, London
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century English Nautical Objects

Materials

Brass

Monumental Antique English Brass Telescope Tripod Maritime Instrument Nautical
Located in Dayton, OH
Rare and genuine 19th century English Victorian brass telescope on tripod stand. Features amazing
Category

Antique 19th Century Victorian Nautical Objects

Materials

Brass

Antique Telescope, English, Silvered Brass, Dennis of London, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a long antique telescope. An English, silvered brass single draw refractor by Dennis of
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century British Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Antique Terrestrial Telescope, English, Single Draw Refractor, NSL, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
presented, large diameter telescope in very good order Brass primary barrel, sunshade and draw tube show
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Antique Late 19th Century British Scientific Instruments

Materials

Glass

36x24 "Hubble Deep Field" Telescope Space Photography NASA Archival Print
Located in Los Angeles, CA
horizontal or verticle. Embedded in this Hubble Space Telescope image of nearby and distant galaxies are 18
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Color Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

Weegee "A Trip to Mars"
By Weegee
Located in Toronto, Ontario
,” Weegee depicts a multi-generational group crowding around a large telescope in Times Square, NYC. This
Category

1940s American Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Antique Ross Telescope, English, 3 Draw, Terrestrial Refractor, Early 20th, 1920
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
of London telescope with an appealing tapering profile, large objective diameter and tactile finish
Category

Early 20th Century British Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Antique Officer of the Watch Telescope, English, After Dollond, Victorian, 1890
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large antique 'officer of the watch' telescope. An English, single draw refractor for
Category

Antique Late 19th Century British Scientific Instruments

Materials

Oak

40x50 "Hubble Deep Field" Telescope Space Photography NASA Fine Art Print
Located in Los Angeles, CA
quality NASA prints ever produced. Embedded in this Hubble Space Telescope image of nearby and distant
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Color Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

45x60 "Hubble Deep Field" Telescope Space Photography NASA Fine Art Print
Located in Los Angeles, CA
quality NASA prints ever produced. Embedded in this Hubble Space Telescope image of nearby and distant
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Color Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

Large Brass Honeycomb Convex Mirror
Located in Cathedral City, CA
A large brass convex mirror with an antique finish is a round mirror with a thick border of
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21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors

Materials

Brass

Large Italian 19th Century Console
Located in Hudson, NY
Large Italian 19th century console, beautiful and stately Italian antique console table from the
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Console Tables

Materials

Burl

Large Italian 19th Century Console
Large Italian 19th Century Console
H 40.25 in W 61 in D 22.75 in
"Black Hole" - Large Scale Cosmic Abstract
By Duane Albert Armstrong
Located in Soquel, CA
the amazing images of space sent back from the Hubble telescope. Titled "Black Hole" due to the .32
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Lacquer, Oil

Elegant Large Art Nouveau Hollywood Regency Style Chandelier
Located in Antwerp, BE
One large elegant Art Nouveau chandelier adjustable in height with an extendable telescope
Category

Mid-20th Century Dutch Art Nouveau Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Metal

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

Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

Chiliean Packet Large naive Ship Portrait in Watercolour Unsigned well framed.
Located in ludlow, GB
rigging. Note the Captain with his telescope! It is an important historical record from a bygone era when
Category

Mid-19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Large Pipistrello Table Lamp by Gae Aulenti for Martinelli Luce
By Gae Aulenti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large Pipistrello table lamp by Gae Aulenti for Martinelli Luce. Originally designed in 1965, this
Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Aluminum, Stainless Steel

Large Pipistrello Table Lamp by Gae Aulenti for Martinelli Luce
By Gae Aulenti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large Pipistrello table lamp by Gae Aulenti for Martinelli Luce. Originally designed in 1965, this
Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Aluminum

Folded Moon, large 3/20 - detailed, photography, shaped tondo wall relief
By Ryan Van Der Hout
Located in Bloomfield, ON
As a child, Ryan Van Der Hout owned a telescope and was fascinated by the sight of the moon in the
Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Mirror, Plexiglass, Digital

Apollo 9, Astronaut David Scott, Signed Chromogenic Large Color NASA Photograph
By Nasa
Located in New york, NY
on Apollo 15, becoming the seventh man to walk on the Moon. A 20" x 16" large format color
Category

1960s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, C Print

Large E.F. Chapman Visual Comfort Boom Arm Pharmacy Floor Lamp Bronze Light 82"
By E. F. Chapman
Located in Dayton, OH
. CONDITION Very Good; Gently Used DIMENSIONS 66" x 32" x 11", light 11"d, base 10.5", telescopes 16" to
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Late 20th Century Floor Lamps

Materials

Metal

Large Iconic Cedric Hartman Floor Lamp for Jack Lenor Larsen Serial No. 8 1960s
By Cedric Hartman, Jack Lenor Larsen
Located in Nierstein am Rhein, DE
, Pandora, Kirchberg, Switzerland. This great modernist icon has a minimalist curved telescoping chromed
Category

Vintage 1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass, Steel, Chrome

Articulating Floor Lamp
Located in Dallas, TX
A large articulating floor lamp with telescoping arm and adjustable height.
Category

Vintage 1960s Floor Lamps

Materials

Steel

Articulating Floor Lamp
Articulating Floor Lamp
H 76 in W 73 in D 16 in
Adjustable Brass Floor Lamp
Located in San Francisco, CA
A heavy, solid brass floor lamp with telescoping height adjustment and extendable arm. The square
Category

Mid-20th Century Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

Adjustable Brass Floor Lamp
Adjustable Brass Floor Lamp
H 46 in W 12 in D 8 in
Early 20th Century Chinoiserie Table Lamp Porcelain Sang Du Boeuf
By Sofina Boutique Kitzbühel
Located in Kitzbuhel, AT
Large chinoiserie table lamp made from a sang du boeuf glazed porcelain vase from the early 20th
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Table Lamps

Materials

Porcelain

Early 20th Century Chinoiserie Table Lamp
By Sofina Boutique Kitzbühel
Located in Kitzbuhel, AT
Large chinoiserie table lamp made from a dark red glazed porcelain vase from the early 20th century
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Table Lamps

Materials

Porcelain

1890 Parabolic Mirror Floor Lamp
Located in Peekskill, NY
simple large reflective and dramatic floor lamp. Originally it was used for research of physical
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Industrial Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

1890 Parabolic Mirror Floor Lamp
1890 Parabolic Mirror Floor Lamp
H 66 in W 25 in D 24 in
French Louis XV Fauteuil a La Reine, Signed “G. Lebrun”
Located in Doylestown, PA
, upholstered in its original Aubusson verdue tapestry depiction a child with a telescope and various animals
Category

Antique 1760s French Louis XV Armchairs

Materials

Tapestry, Beech

Articulated Green Glass Square Tube Desk Lamp
Located in Peekskill, NY
This is a beautiful telescoping drafting/art table lamp. The base has a clamp for mounting
Category

Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

"Study for Tarantula Nebula, " Acrylic on Canvas, 2021
By Jan Pieter Fokkens
Located in Chicago, IL
offers a representation of the gigantic star-forming region of the same name. Located in the Large
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"VFTS-682, " Ink on Paper, 2020
By Jan Pieter Fokkens
Located in Chicago, IL
create something unfamiliar. Each work begins with a colorized photo captured by a deep-space telescope
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Archival Ink, Photographic Paper

Planet X Ground Lamp, Hand-Blown Murano Glass, 2021, Floor Lighting XL Size
By Mosche Bianche
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
distinct design. In order to achieve the large size of the glass objects and working without forms, it
Category

2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Stainless Steel

Planet X Ground Lamp, Hand-Blown Murano Glass, 2021, Floor Lighting XXL Size
By Mosche Bianche
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
distinct design. In order to achieve the large size of the glass objects and working without forms, it
Category

2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Stainless Steel

Vintage Pier Giacomo Achille Castiglioni - Flos 'Arco' Marble & Steel Floor Lamp
By Achille Castiglioni, Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Flos
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The Carrera marble base has very slight, barely noticeable yellowing. Telescoping arm shows signs
Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Carrara Marble, Steel

Contemporary Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Mahitu', 2013 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
space within larger piece of glass. About the Internal Space Series: David’s experiments with sheet
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

Abstract Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Vela', 1995 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
of thick sections. “Creating those internal spaces came with some problems. Other than telescope
Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Glass

Abstract Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Al Okab', 1993 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
than telescope mirrors, I did not know that anyone annealed glass in a kiln for more than a day or two
Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Glass

Setting Sun, Original Painting
By Diana Elena Chelaru
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist CommentsIn awe of the images from the James Webb Telescope, artist Diana Elena
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist More Art

Materials

Acrylic

Abstract Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Waka Tupapku', 1996 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
. Other than telescope mirrors, I did not know that anyone annealed glass in a kiln for more than a day or
Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Glass

Abstract Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Yaroi', 2008 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
and shapes. They are then placed within clear glass and fused into one large piece through kiln
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

Abstract Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Maina', 2013 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
one large piece through kiln casting. This technique creates a layered, suspended, and vibrant three
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

Abstract Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Ha'apai', 2013 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
one large piece through kiln casting. This technique creates a layered, suspended, and vibrant three
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

Abstract Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Ahe', 2004 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
one large piece through kiln casting. This technique creates a layered, suspended, and vibrant three
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

Abstract Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Altair', 1993 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
space within larger piece of glass. About the Internal Space Series: David’s experiments with sheet
Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Glass

Abstract Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Lekhoo Beshalom', 1991 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
-dimensional space within larger piece of clear glass. About the Internal Space Series: David’s experiments
Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Glass

Abstract Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Sampalan', 2008 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
space within larger piece of glass. About the Internal Space Series: David’s experiments with sheet
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

Moonlight, Original Painting
By Diana Elena Chelaru
Located in San Francisco, CA
from the James Webb Telescope, artist Diana Elena Chelaru creates a series inspired by the depths of
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist More Art

Materials

Acrylic

Abstract Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Gaji', 2006 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
clear glass and fused into one large piece through kiln casting. This technique creates a layered
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

Abstract Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Al Safi', 1993 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
than telescope mirrors, I did not know that anyone annealed glass in a kiln for more than a day or two
Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Glass

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Large Telescopes For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are several options of large telescopes available for sale. The range of distinct large telescopes — often made from metal, brass and wood — can elevate any home. Large telescopes have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Large telescopes made by Victorian designers — as well as those associated with Georgian — are very popular at 1stDibs. Bardou & Son, D. McGregor & Co. and William Harris each produced beautiful large telescopes that are worth considering.

How Much are Large Telescopes?

Prices for large telescopes start at $455 and top out at $14,500 with the average selling for $2,553.