A fine late 18th-Century lacquered-brass reflecting telescope,
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A fine late 18th-Century lacquered-brass reflecting telescope,

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A fine late 18th-Century lacquered-brass reflecting telescope,
signed on the backplate BATE LONDON, with dust-cover, primary and secondary speculum mirrors, screw-rod focusing, brass column stand and folding inswept tripod feet, in the original mahogany case (lacking fittings) with part trade label in the lid for R.B. Bate, Mathematical Instrument Maker [...] Retail & for Exportation [..], POULTRY, LONDON, with brass key escutcheon and two hooks and eyes -- 15in. (39.3cm.) wide

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