Item: 18TH CENTURY ANTIQUE BRASS REFLECTING TELESCOPE BY JAMES SHORT OF LONDON
Sold For: $3,685.14
Bids: 18
Date: Mar 08, 2012
Auction: Ebay
Seller: churchside
Feedback: 99.9% (9856)
Description and Image By: churchside
LENGTH INCLUDING EYEPIECE 17 1/2″ OR 440MM.
PHYSICALLY VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH NO DENTS.
I DON’T KNOW HOW TO OPERATE IT.
THIS HAS BEEN IN THE ATTIC OF A LARGE COUNTRY HOUSE FOR OVER 100 YEARS. IT WAS IN A BOX WITH NEWSPAPERS DATING FROM 1892.
I DON’T KNOW IF THE MAHOGANY CASE IS ORIGINAL BECAUSE I CAN’T WORK OUT HOW IT FITS IN WITH THE DIVISIONS IN PLACE. I’M NOT VERY PRACTICAL.
THE PLANKS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE CASE ARE A BIT LOOSE IN PLACES.