A fine early 19th-Century [?]silver and shagreen 1½-inch three-draw telescope,
A fine early 19th-Century [?]silver and shagreen 1½-inch three-draw telescope,

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A fine early 19th-Century [?]silver and shagreen 1½-inch three-draw telescope,
signed Wm Harris & Co 50. Holborn. LONDON, the shagreen outer body-tube with a silver plaque bearing an engraved crest and the initials J L L, with dust cap for the object glass and sliding eyepiece dust cover -- 21¼in. (54cm.) long extended; in a maroon and pale green leather covered cylindrical card case -- 8.1/8in. (20.6cm.) long

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