£420
A RARE LIGHTHOUSE SCIOPTIC BALL, 19TH CENTURY
comprising two brass plates with securing nuts enclosing brass ball with wooden bung -- 9 x 11 x 7in. (23 x 28 x 18cm.)
Clamped on either side of a shutter, when the wooden bung is withdrawn, it allowed the lighthouse keeper to use a telescope in foul weather whilst keeping safe and dry.
Old white paint backplate, structurally fine in condition.
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