A Georgian Naval Telescope
A Georgian Naval Telescope

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A Georgian Naval Telescope

A one-draw telescope, circa 1820, 10in. long retracted, 18in. long when fully extended, good turned hardwood shaft with gilt-brass mounts, the objective lens-shutter crudely engraved with monogram HN
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Lot Essay

Notwithstanding the initials of the shutter (on the strength of which this telescrope was offered for sale in the 1930s as a Nelson relic), it is of a style which was not known until some fifteen years after Nelson's death.