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LOT 1434

Large Mahogany Telescope with Brass Fittings

19TH CENTURY A.D.

21 5/8 in. (1.05 kg, 55 cm).

Large wooden barrel with brass eyepiece and inner tube, marked in copperplate script 'T.Harris & Son, London / Day or Night'. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey, one of the global authorities on the confederate army in the US civil war; thence by descent to his grandson.

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LOT 1434

Large Mahogany Telescope with Brass Fittings

Sold for (Inc. bp): £124

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