Accession No

2874

Brief Description

refracting telescope, by C. W. Dixey, English, 1850 (c)

Origin

England; London; New Bond Street

Maker

C. W. Dixey

Class

astronomy; optical

Earliest Date

1850

Latest Date

1850

Inscription Date

Material

hide (leather); metal (nickel, brass); glass

Dimensions

case length 212 mm; depth 44 mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Christie’s, South Kensington, London, England; lot 142, 26/08/1982.

Inscription

‘C.W. Dixey
Optician to the Queen,
New Bond Strt. London.’

Description Notes

3 drawer telescope. Leather covered barrel. Nickel-coated draw-tubes, sliding OG shade and screw-fit eye-stop with sliding cover. 4 lens erecting eyepiece in 2 brass inner tubes. 2 leather end covers.

Condition: good/fair.

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