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Auction House:
Lawsons
Number of lots recorded:32
Lots with images:32
Prices available:32
Category:
Optical - zOther
LotDescriptionPriceImage
*** An antique timber stereoscope viewer, height 43 cm ***
*** Brass travelling telescope with decorative engravings, Makers mark and/or Owners mark also visible ***
*** Victorian silver plated telescope with owner's certificate, inscribed 'H Hughes & Sons Ltd 59 Fenchurch St London 415a/4152' ***
*** Victorian walnut Stereoscope with slides with adjustable base and sliding focusing mechanism that is supported by a pierced gallery top and possibly ivory turning knob and circular insert. Also comes with approx 100 slides including black and white and… ***
*** Early 20th century cased Optometry set of lenses ***
*** Dolland London brass telescope with stand, in timber box, loose shaft and two eyepieces. Length of main barrel 98 cm ***
*** Victorian Stereoscope cards and two Viewers consisting of two hundred cards featuring various scenes from around the world. A metal 'Perfecscope' U.S.A patent Oct 15. 1895 and a timber stereoscope ***
*** Victorian Stereoscope viewer with adjustable base and sliding focusing mechanism that is supported by a pierced gallery top, length 40 cm ***
*** Broadhurst Clarkson & Co three draw telescope reconditioned for John Barker & Co Ltd, with high & low eyepieces. All in a leather bound casing. Condition good, minor wear consistant with age. Length extended 59 cm ***
*** Vintage leather bound telescope, possibly British military World War II, length 30m ***
*** Transit, theodolite by Elliot Bros. London. Elliot Bros were the successors to Elliot & Sons. (see page 95 of 'Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851' by Gloria Clifton). This transit is c1875, the silvered scales on both circles are… ***
*** Cooke, Troughton & Simms vintage Theodolites one cased, with a plum, in original fitted and leather box with level to centre and adjustable feet. The other with three adjustable feet and revolving top scope. Condition: quite heavy losses to patina,… ***
*** T Cooke & Sons large telescope with stand leather cased on timber tripod, marked to lens model number 1256. Telescope 103 cm, stand 161 cm ***
*** A Kelvin & Hughes London 1917 brass and timber nautical telescope, extended, length 46.5 cm ***
*** Russian silver & tortoise shell Loupe ***
*** Leather covered telescope ***
*** Captain's telescope c1850. Mahogany and brass four draw (the object glass is cracked). J.P. Cutts, Sutton & Sons, Sheffield & London. Cutts is listed in 'Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851' by Gloria Clifton pg 75 ***
*** French marine ivory & brass opera binoculars having a x 10 lens. Length extended 18.5 cm ***
*** Thomas Gaunt marine-Theatre-field brass & telescopic binoculars bound with a leather casing, having a triple optics mechanism for marine, theatre & field viewing. Condition: good, lenses are in good order, in need of a clean, mechanism is tight, length… ***
*** P.Orr & Sons Madras brass telescope having a single draw tube, with a pull off glass cover & a sliding eyepiece protector. Inscribed 'P. Orr & Sons Madras No. 431'. Condition good to fair, some dents to the body, lens in good order. Length unextended 65… ***
*** A brass and leather nautical telescope in timber case, extended, length 48 cm ***
*** Pair of French 19th/20th century ivory Theatre binoculars fine example with swing handle, gilt metal mounts with French script to the eyepiece and decorative gilt sconce like decoration above adjustment mechanism. Comes in fitted box, width 11 cm ***
*** Ross London telescope retailed for George Falconer & Co Ltd Hong Kong. Having two draw tubes, bound with a leather casing with a lens cover, length 84 cm ***
*** Early brass telescope having five draw tubes, bound with a leather casing, length 114 cm ***
*** Vintage extendable telescope, some wear to leather and spts to the lens ***
*** Large brass nautical telescope, extended, length 85 cm, lid stuck ***
*** Signed three-draw brass telescope in leather case, length 24.5 cm extended length, 54.5 cm ***
*** A World War II naval telescope in box, width 77 cm ***
*** Horn & Bone Magnifying Glass & Letter Opener ***
*** French pair of mother of pearl opera glasses ***
*** Vintage Steroscope with slides consisting of stereoscope viewing glasses and six boxes containing approx 200 Sunbeam slides of places around the world including London Zoo, Palestine, India and natural history. ***
*** A pair of Carl Zeiss 'Jena' binoculars with leather case, inscribed 6299316 ***