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Auction archive: Lot number 237

A fine late 18th-Century lacquered-brass reflecting telescope

Auction 13.12.2001
13 Dec 2001
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,879 - US$4,318
Price realised:
£2,115
ca. US$3,044
Auction archive: Lot number 237

A fine late 18th-Century lacquered-brass reflecting telescope

Auction 13.12.2001
13 Dec 2001
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,879 - US$4,318
Price realised:
£2,115
ca. US$3,044
Beschreibung:

A fine late 18th-Century lacquered-brass reflecting telescope, signed on the backplate BATE LONDON , with dust-cover, primary and secondary speculum mirrors, screw-rod focusing, brass column stand and folding inswept tripod feet, in the original mahogany case ( lacking fittings ) with part trade label in the lid for R.B. Bate, Mathematical Instrument Maker [...] Retail & for Exportation [..], POULTRY, LONDON , with brass key escutcheon and two hooks and eyes -- 15in. (39.3cm.) wide See Colour Illustration

Auction archive: Lot number 237
Auction:
Datum:
13 Dec 2001
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

A fine late 18th-Century lacquered-brass reflecting telescope, signed on the backplate BATE LONDON , with dust-cover, primary and secondary speculum mirrors, screw-rod focusing, brass column stand and folding inswept tripod feet, in the original mahogany case ( lacking fittings ) with part trade label in the lid for R.B. Bate, Mathematical Instrument Maker [...] Retail & for Exportation [..], POULTRY, LONDON , with brass key escutcheon and two hooks and eyes -- 15in. (39.3cm.) wide See Colour Illustration

Auction archive: Lot number 237
Auction:
Datum:
13 Dec 2001
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
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