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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

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...

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Antique 19th Century British Victorian Mantel Clocks

Materials

Oak

"Study for Caldwell 49" by Jan Pieter Fokkens
"Study for Caldwell 49" by Jan Pieter Fokkens

"Study for Caldwell 49" by Jan Pieter Fokkens

By Jan Pieter Fokkens

Located in Chicago, IL

Each two-dimensional work begins with a photo captured by a deep-space telescope. Despite their photographic realism, “these beautiful images of outer space are not real,” says Fokke...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Paintings

Materials

Paint, Canvas

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

. & 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 ...

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Antique 19th Century Hepplewhite Sideboards

Materials

Mahogany, Oak, Paint

Center is Everywhere by Josiah McElheny
Center is Everywhere by Josiah McElheny

Center is Everywhere by Josiah McElheny

Located in Jersey City, NJ

In partnership with renowned cosmologist David Weinberg, McElheny used as his basis a metal plate that was perforated with holes corresponding to each visible light seen through the ...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Chandeliers and Pendants

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

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...

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Vintage 1920s British Edwardian Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

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

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...

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Antique 1820s English Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

English WW2 Era Brass Ship's Pedestal Binnacle Compass by Sestral
English WW2 Era Brass Ship's Pedestal Binnacle Compass by Sestral

English WW2 Era Brass Ship's Pedestal Binnacle Compass by Sestral

By Henry Browne & Son Ltd Sestrel

Located in Forney, TX

By that time, their product line included Nautical Instruments, Compasses, Clocks, Binoculars, Telescopes, Thermometers, Sounding Apparatus, Aircraft Instruments, Signaling Equipment...

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Mid-20th Century English Nautical Objects

Materials

Brass, Iron

Stati X Silver Smoke Floor Lamp by Eloa
Stati X Silver Smoke Floor Lamp by Eloa

Stati X Silver Smoke Floor Lamp by Eloa

Located in Geneve, CH

With its handmade wooden tripod base, featuring finely crafted metal fixings, it carries us off in much the way that a telescope would- showing us a sky of endless possibilities.

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2010s German Post-Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass, Steel

Set of 2 Stati x Silver Smoke Floor Lamps by Eloa
Set of 2 Stati x Silver Smoke Floor Lamps by Eloa

Set of 2 Stati x Silver Smoke Floor Lamps by Eloa

Located in Geneve, CH

With its handmade wooden tripod base, featuring finely crafted metal fixings, it carries us off in much the way that a telescope would- showing us a sky of endless possibilities.

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2010s German Post-Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass, Steel

Set of 2 Stati x Amber Iridescent Floor Lamps by Eloa
Set of 2 Stati x Amber Iridescent Floor Lamps by Eloa

Set of 2 Stati x Amber Iridescent Floor Lamps by Eloa

Located in Geneve, CH

With its handmade wooden tripod base, featuring finely crafted metal fixings, it carries us off in much the way that a telescope would- showing us a sky of endless possibilities.

Category

2010s German Post-Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass, Steel

Stati X Amber Iridescent Floor Lamp by  ELOA
Stati X Amber Iridescent Floor Lamp by  ELOA

Stati X Amber Iridescent Floor Lamp by ELOA

Located in Geneve, CH

With its handmade wooden tripod base, featuring finely crafted metal fixings, it carries us off in much the way that a telescope would- showing us a sky of endless possibilities.

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2010s German Post-Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass, Steel

Stellar Mini Aubergine Acetato Aubergine Pendant by Pulpo
Stellar Mini Aubergine Acetato Aubergine Pendant by Pulpo

Stellar Mini Aubergine Acetato Aubergine Pendant by Pulpo

Located in Geneve, CH

Like seeing the night skies brightest through a telescope, stellar’s soft glow requires closer inspection to see its detailed surface.

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2010s German Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Stainless Steel

Stellar Medium Smoky Grey Acetato Smoky Grey Pendant by Pulpo
Stellar Medium Smoky Grey Acetato Smoky Grey Pendant by Pulpo

Stellar Medium Smoky Grey Acetato Smoky Grey Pendant by Pulpo

Located in Geneve, CH

Like seeing the night skies brightest through a telescope, stellar’s soft glow requires closer inspection to see its detailed surface.

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2010s German Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Stainless Steel

Stellar Big Transparent Acetato Transparent Pendant by Pulpo
Stellar Big Transparent Acetato Transparent Pendant by Pulpo

Stellar Big Transparent Acetato Transparent Pendant by Pulpo

Located in Geneve, CH

Like seeing the night skies brightest through a telescope, stellar’s soft glow requires closer inspection to see its detailed surface.

Category

2010s German Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Stainless Steel

Stellar Medium Aubergine Acetato Aubergine Pendant by Pulpo
Stellar Medium Aubergine Acetato Aubergine Pendant by Pulpo

Stellar Medium Aubergine Acetato Aubergine Pendant by Pulpo

Located in Geneve, CH

Like seeing the night skies brightest through a telescope, stellar’s soft glow requires closer inspection to see its detailed surface.

Category

2010s German Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Stainless Steel

Stellar Mini Transparent Acetato Pendant by Pulpo
Stellar Mini Transparent Acetato Pendant by Pulpo

Stellar Mini Transparent Acetato Pendant by Pulpo

Located in Geneve, CH

Like seeing the night skies brightest through a telescope, stellar’s soft glow requires closer inspection to see its detailed surface.

Category

2010s German Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Stainless Steel

Stellar Small Transparent Acetato Transparent Pendant by Pulpo
Stellar Small Transparent Acetato Transparent Pendant by Pulpo

Stellar Small Transparent Acetato Transparent Pendant by Pulpo

Located in Geneve, CH

Like seeing the night skies brightest through a telescope, stellar’s soft glow requires closer inspection to see its detailed surface.

Category

2010s German Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Stainless Steel

Stellar Big Smoky Grey Acetato Smoky Grey Pendant by Pulpo
Stellar Big Smoky Grey Acetato Smoky Grey Pendant by Pulpo

Stellar Big Smoky Grey Acetato Smoky Grey Pendant by Pulpo

Located in Geneve, CH

Like seeing the night skies brightest through a telescope, stellar’s soft glow requires closer inspection to see its detailed surface.

Category

2010s German Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Stainless Steel

Early 19th Century Set of Four Trompe-L’Oeil Oil Paintings on Marble with Putti
Early 19th Century Set of Four Trompe-L’Oeil Oil Paintings on Marble with Putti

Early 19th Century Set of Four Trompe-L’Oeil Oil Paintings on Marble with Putti

Located in Palm Desert, CA

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...

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Antique Early 19th Century French Paintings

Materials

Marble

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

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...

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Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Cabinets

Materials

Marble, Ormolu, Bronze

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

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...

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Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Mantel Clocks

Materials

Onyx, Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu

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

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...

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Antique 1850s Figurative Sculptures

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

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.

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Antique Late 19th Century Austrian Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Lapis Lazuli, Silver, Bronze, Enamel

Valerio Adami Limited Edition 24/100 Screen print Paysage de Ruines
Valerio Adami Limited Edition 24/100 Screen print Paysage de Ruines

Valerio Adami Limited Edition 24/100 Screen print Paysage de Ruines

By Valerio Adami

Located in Weesp, NL

Unlike Gauguin, however, Adami's subjects were highly stylized and often presented in fragments, as seen in Telescoping Rooms (1965). In the 1970s, Adami began to address politics in...

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1990s Italian Post-Modern Prints

Materials

Paper

David Malin IC 2118, the Witch’S Head Nebula, in Eridanus 2010 Print
David Malin IC 2118, the Witch’S Head Nebula, in Eridanus 2010 Print

David Malin IC 2118, the Witch’S Head Nebula, in Eridanus 2010 Print

Located in New York, NY

Through the use of very long exposures taken with a telescope, Malin reveals stars and constellations too distant to be seen with the naked eye.

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21st Century and Contemporary Prints

Materials

Paper

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

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...

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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Photography

Materials

Brass

1980 Italy Black & White Stilnovo Milano Telescope Wall & Ceiling Lamp
1980 Italy Black & White Stilnovo Milano Telescope Wall & Ceiling Lamp

1980 Italy Black & White Stilnovo Milano Telescope Wall & Ceiling Lamp

By Stilnovo

Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen

Minimalist halogen wall and ceiling lamp with a black and white metal frame. The head on the telescopic arm is adjustable. Thus, the light can be aligned selectively. Manufactured by...

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Vintage 1980s Italian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Metal

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Telescopes For Sale on 1stDibs

Find a variety of telescopes available on 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, brass and wood, all telescopes available were constructed with great care. There are all kinds of telescopes available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. There are many kinds of telescopes to choose from, but at 1stDibs, Mid-Century Modern, Victorian and Georgian telescopes are of considerable interest. Telescope Casual, J.T. Kalmar and Dollond, London each produced beautiful telescopes that are worth considering.

How Much are Telescopes?

Prices for telescopes can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, telescopes begin at $74 and can go as high as $228,500, while the average can fetch as much as $1,606.

Questions About 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.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Sir Isaac Newton invented the reflector telescope in the 17th century. He created it as a replacement for the refracting telescope, which tended to have poor optics. Find a collection of antique and vintage telescopes on 1stDibs from some of the world’s top sellers.