£350
Ø A 9½IN. VERNIER OCTANT BY HORNE & THORNTHWAITE, LONDON, CIRCA 1850
with ebony pi frame with inset ivory scale and maker's plate, lacquered brass fittings including shades, mirrors, index arms, contained in keystone case with sighting tubes and maker's label -- 12in. (30.5cm.) wide, IDN: EAEKSYAL; together with A 1¾IN. ACHROMATIC THREE-DRAW TELESCOPE BY TROUGHTON & SIMMS, LONDON, CIRCA 1850, signed on the third draw as per title, the leather-covered main tube with lens cap and inscribed on the brass cuff with owner's name JOHN MACKRORY, LITTLE HALES, NEWPORT, SALOP, in fitted leather case -- 11in. (28cm.) cased
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One leg detached.
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