SIGNED TULLY & SONS, ISLINGTON, LONDON, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
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AN EARLY VICTORIAN BRASS TELESCOPE
SIGNED TULLY & SONS, ISLINGTON, LONDON, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Of typical form, with 2¾ inch tube; with brass stand and an associated mahogany box, the box bearing the label of Crichton Brothers/Manufacturers of Mathematical..Nautical/to the India Board...the Trinity House 11 Bill...Street/London, partly obscured by a later plaque EVERYTHING BROADHURST/63 FARRINGTON RD ECI/CLARKSON & CO/OPTICAL
28½ in. (72 cm.) long, the tube; 40¼ in. (102 cm.) long, overall
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The firm was listed as Tulley & Sons in Islington from around 1826 to 1846.
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