3001
EARLY 19TH CENTURY ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPE
LOT DETAILS
Circa 1800 10.2cm (4in) brass astronomical telescope, length 55.9cm (22in), height 38.1cm (15in); with speculum primary mirror and draw tube star finder, made exclusively for viewing great distances/celestial objects; and with worm and screw focusing to the secondary mirror and surmounted on an equatorial mount-turned baluster tripod with cabriole legs, solar filter affixed; a fine and early example