Duncan Robert Antiques

Always the Unusual

Copyright Duncan Robert Antiques 2012.  E&O E.

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Fine Provenanced Captain’s Telescope c. 1850

 

Single draw with sunshade by Wood of Liverpool. Main tube has green leather covering  with a couple of bumps but otherwise  in nice condition. The telescope is signed in script ‘Isaac Thos. Bartlett’ a storied sailing master on the East Coast working in the period 1840—1880. Lacks eyepiece slide cover.

 Good optics.  A wonderful and rare piece of Canadian maritime history.

 

 

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