拍品 38
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A fine early 19th-Century brass and stained ivory three-draw monocular,
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A fine early 19th-Century brass and stained ivory three-draw monocular,

細節
A fine early 19th-Century brass and stained ivory three-draw monocular,
signed on the first draw-tube G & C. DIXEY. late Fraser 3, New Bond Strt London Opticians to the KING and engraved on the other side in gothic script H.D.R., the 2¾in. (7cm.) diameter object lens with gilt-brass mount, in the stained ivory, waisted body-tube, the eyepiece lens within a small stained ivory mount (cracked) -- 7½in. (19cm.) long extended; and a small 1 5/8in. (4.2cm.) diameter 18th-Century heavily-stained ivory monocular magnifier

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出版
CLIFTON, Gloria, Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 (London, 1995)
注意事項
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品專文

Clifton records George & Charles Dixey as working from 3 New Bond Street between 1825-38. The "Fraser" in the inscription is Alexander Fraser, who with other members of his family, worked from the same address during the first quarter of the nineteenth century.