DECAGONAL ONE-DRAW TELESCOPE BY DOLLOND Reverse-tapered hardwood tube, probably walnut. Signed on draw "Dollond London". Optics in w...

DECAGONAL ONE-DRAW TELESCOPE BY DOLLOND London, Late 18th Century

Reverse-tapered hardwood tube, probably walnut. Signed on draw "Dollond London". Optics in working order. Length closed 25".

Provenance:

John Newton Marine Antiques, Maine.

Peabody Museum.

Condition: End cap missing. Interior mount for objective lens recently rebuilt. Lens position in eyepiece recently restored.

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