Items Similar to Brass round section telescope with mahogany handle 3 extensions 1850

Round section brass telescope with mahogany wood handle 1850s

Brass round-section ground astronomical telescope France circa 1870

Antique English Mahogany & Brass Nautical Telescope, London, circa 1850

Brass telescope with mahogany wood handle Dollond mid-19th century

French Brass & Polished Steel Telescope w/ Spotting Scope on Tripod Stand C 1850

Chinese Opium Scraper with Hardwood Handle, c. 1850

Want more images or videos?

Request additional images or videos from the seller

1 of 19

Brass round section telescope with mahogany handle 3 extensions 1850

About the Item

Round-section brass telescope with mahogany wood handle, three-extension focus, complete with cap, sunshade extension and of dust cover tab. English manufacture of the mid-19th century. Good condition, fully functional and complete with custom-made wood and brass base plate. To bring the scope into focus, you have to stretch it all the way out and then slowly shorten the last stretch, the smaller one, until the image is in focus. Maximum length 89 cm (35 in), minimum cm26 (10.2 in), focal diameter cm 5 (1.9). According to legend, one unspecified day in 1608 the children of Hans Lipperhey, who was an eyeglass maker in Middelburg , were playing in their father's workshop with lenses. When one of the sons put a concave lens next to his own eye, holding a convex lens in his other hand, and reaching out his arm in the direction of the tip of the cathedral bell tower he looked through it, he saw the wind-marking rooster at the top grow larger and closer. Immediately showing the phenomenon to his father, he fixed the lenses on a plank to make observation easier, thus creating the first rudimentary telescope. Unfortunately for Lipperhey, however, when he submitted a patent application for this instrument to the states general, within days other Dutch eyeglass makers also claimed the invention.

Dimensions:

Height: 35 in (88.9 cm)Diameter: 1.9 in (4.83 cm)

Materials and Techniques:

Brass

Period:

Mid-19th Century

Date of Manufacture:

1850

Condition:

Wear consistent with age and use.

Seller Location:

Milan, IT

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU1020243545862

More From This Seller

View All

Round section brass telescope with mahogany wood handle 1850s

Located in Milan, IT

Round-section brass telescope with mahogany wood handle, three-extension focus, complete with dust cap. English manufacture of the mid-19th century. Maximum length cm 43, inches 16.9...

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Nautical Objects

Materials

Brass

Round section brass telescope with mahogany wood handle 1850s

$1,097

Brass round-section ground astronomical telescope France circa 1870

Located in Milan, IT

Astronomical round-section brass ground astronomical telescope with single-elongation focusing and rack and pinion, with researcher viewfinder, complete with oak rack stand and orig...

Category

Antique 1870s Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Brass round-section ground astronomical telescope France circa 1870

$17,099

Brass telescope with mahogany wood handle Dollond mid-19th century

Located in Milan, IT

Brass telescope with mahogany wood handle, single-elongation focus, instrument complete with sunshield extension and dust cover tabs. Signed Dollond London Day or Night from the mid...

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Nautical Objects

Materials

Brass

Brass telescope with mahogany wood handle Dollond mid-19th century

$2,021

Brass Gregorian refractor telescope circa 1750 attributed to James Short

Located in Milan, IT

Antique mid-18th-century brass Gregorian refractor telescope, almost certainly made by James Short (1710-1768). Good condition, replaced eyepiece and missing lens, lathe rebuilt the ...

Category

Antique Mid-18th Century Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

$Brass Gregorian refractor telescope circa 1750 attributed to James Short$

Brass Gregorian refractor telescope circa 1750 attributed to James Short

$17,330

Botanical Model in Enlarged Section of a Moraceae Syconium, Italy, 1930s

Located in Milan, IT

Model in enlarged section of a Moraceae syconium (fig for example is a syconium). The model is made of painted plaster and almost certainly made by Paravia in the 1930s. Measures cm ...

Category

Vintage 1930s Italian Scientific Instruments

Materials

Plaster

Botanical Model in Enlarged Section of a Moraceae Syconium, Italy, 1930s

$693

Botanical Model in Enlarged Section of a Moraceae Syconium, Italy, 1930s

Located in Milan, IT

Model in enlarged section of a Moraceae syconium (fig for example is a syconium). The model is made of painted plaster and almost certainly made by Paravia in the thirties. Measures ...

Category

Vintage 1930s Italian Scientific Instruments

Materials

Plaster

Botanical Model in Enlarged Section of a Moraceae Syconium, Italy, 1930s

$693

Antique Mid-19th Century English Nautical Objects

Materials

Brass

Antique English Mahogany & Brass Nautical Telescope, London, circa 1850

$950

French Brass & Polished Steel Telescope w/ Spotting Scope on Tripod Stand C 1850

By Bardou & Son

Located in Charleston, SC

French brass and polished steel telescope with removable lens cap, spotting scope, and mounted on folding tripod stand, 19th Century. Signed on focal tube by prolific telescope make...

Category

Antique 1850s French Louis Philippe Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass, Steel

French Brass & Polished Steel Telescope w/ Spotting Scope on Tripod Stand C 1850

$45,000

Chinese Opium Scraper with Hardwood Handle, c. 1850

Located in Chicago, IL

This handheld tool is a 19th-century opium scraper, fitted with a curved, spoon-like blade designed to remove debris from the inner walls of a pipe bowl. The metal end is secured to ...

Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture

Materials

Brass

Chinese Opium Scraper with Hardwood Handle, c. 1850

$88

English Victorian Brass Telescope

Located in Queens, NY

English (Scottish) Victorian brass tabletop telescope with 3 legged iron base.

Category

Antique Late 19th Century British Victorian Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

English Victorian Brass Telescope

$7,600

Solid Brass Captains Telescope

Located in Norwell, MA

Ships spyglass telescope appropriate for use on a yacht, ship, or anywhere with a view. This has been meticulously polished and lacquered. We just restored a great collection of thes...

Category

Vintage 1910s European Nautical Objects

Materials

Brass

Solid Brass Captains Telescope

$895

Vintage 5 Draw Brass Telescope

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Vintage brass 5 draw extendable hand telescope. Comes with original cap to cover glass end and brass eyepiece cover that slides in and out of place. Unusually long telescope at just ...

Category