Lot Essay
An optician by trade, William Hawes worked for Jesse Ramsden before working between 1842 and 1880 mostly from Leadenhall St.
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A MID-19TH CENTURY 1½IN. SINGLE DRAW MARINE TELESCOPE BY HAWES
tapering eyecup with dust slide, handsomely signed HAWES LONDON on the cuff and engraved HIGH POWER and 'W E' by the eyecup, mahogany main tube terminating in a brass shade slide -- 46in. (117cm.) extended, associated dust cap
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tapering eyecup with dust slide, handsomely signed HAWES LONDON on the cuff and engraved HIGH POWER and 'W E' by the eyecup, mahogany main tube terminating in a brass shade slide -- 46in. (117cm.) extended, associated dust cap
See illustration
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