A SILVER-GILT TELESCOPE

Lot 16
01.07.2025 00:00UTC +01:00
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£ 52 920
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 16 | A SILVER-GILT TELESCOPE
Estimate value
£ 30 000 – 50 000
A SILVER-GILT TELESCOPE
DOLLOND, CIRCA 1860
The 2 ½-inch refractor with five draw tubes and screw dust cap, the main body embellished with fine raised floral motifs, and badge of the Prince of Wales and a device with the three tuğs of the Sultan above, signed to the eyepiece, signed to the eyepiece with sliding lens cover.
12 ½in. (32 cm.) closed
44 in. (114 cm.) extended




Provenance

By repute: Royal gift to Abdul Aziz Khan, Sultan of Turkey (1861-1876) by Edward, Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII
By descent to Abdul Hamid II, Sultan of Turkey (1876-1909)
By Royal gift to M. Edward Huguenin, circa 1900.
With Sam Fogg, 2018.
Whence acquired by current owner.
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
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