29th Apr, 2009 12:00

Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Popham)

 
  Lot 187
 

187

[M] AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY 1½IN. SINGLE DRAW...

AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY 1½IN. SINGLE DRAW MAHOGANY AND BRASS TELESCOPE BY J. & T. HEMSLEY

with fixed objective lens shade and tapering eye piece with dust slide, signed J T Hemsley / London / Day or Night

38/23in. (96.5/58.5cm.) open/closed

The brothers Joseph & Thomas Hemsley worked from two addresses in Tower Hill for only two years between 1826 and 1828.

Sold for £112
Estimated at £150 - £200

(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)


 
AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY 1½IN. SINGLE DRAW MAHOGANY AND BRASS TELESCOPE BY J. & T. HEMSLEY

with fixed objective lens shade and tapering eye piece with dust slide, signed J T Hemsley / London / Day or Night

38/23in. (96.5/58.5cm.) open/closed

The brothers Joseph & Thomas Hemsley worked from two addresses in Tower Hill for only two years between 1826 and 1828.
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