A VARI-COLOUR GOLD TELESCOPE
A VARI-COLOUR GOLD TELESCOPE

APPARENTLY UNMARKED, PROBABLY ENGLISH, CIRCA 1820

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A VARI-COLOUR GOLD TELESCOPE
APPARENTLY UNMARKED, PROBABLY ENGLISH, CIRCA 1820
circular, the outer side heavily chased and engraved in two-colour gold with scrolling foliage, the upper and lower mounts with acanthus leaf borders, extending in six tiers with reeded rims, in original fitted red leather case
1 7/8 in. (48 mm.) diam. (2)
Provenance
Christie's, London, 11 March 1994, lot 93.

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