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French Louis XV Fauteuil a La Reine, Signed “G. Lebrun”
Located in Doylestown, PA
, upholstered in its original Aubusson verdue tapestry depiction a child with a telescope and various animals
Category
1760s French Louis XV Antique Telescopes
Materials
Tapestry, Beech
$2,800 Sale Price
49% Off
Articulated Green Glass Square Tube Desk Lamp
Located in Peekskill, NY
This is a beautiful telescoping drafting/art table lamp. The base has a clamp for mounting
Category
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Antique Telescopes
Materials
Brass
World War 1 era (1914-18) Director No 5 Mark 1 Brass Artillery Director Gun/Case
Located in Canterbury, England
- which means that it can be used like a normal telescope. The instrument and wooden case retain their
Category
1910s Other Antique Telescopes
Materials
Brass
Pair of Exceptional Georgian Style Carved Walnut Urn Form Knife Boxes
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A very fine and rare pair of Urn Form knife boxes with telescoping lids and myriad cut-outs for
Category
Early 20th Century Georgian Antique Telescopes
Materials
Walnut
1877 Satirical Map of the Eastern War: Europe
s Powers as Caricatured Characters
Located in Langweer, NL
depiction of a French figure observing the scene through a telescope, symbolizing France's position as an
Category
1870s French Antique Telescopes
Materials
Paper
$1,761 Sale Price
20% Off
Pirate Monkey Car Mascot / Hood Ornament Signed Ch. Soudant. France 1920´s
By Susse Freres, Ch. Soudant
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
a monkey holding a telescope. The artist, Charles Soudant, has captured the monkey in a crouched
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Telescopes
Materials
Bronze
$1,725 Sale Price
25% Off
International Rifle Match Between American and Irish Teams at Dollymount, 1875
Located in Langweer, NL
telescopes, while others are seated under tents, with flags flying overhead.
The match attracted significant
Category
1870s Antique Telescopes
Materials
Paper
$209 Sale Price
20% Off
Magnificent 19th Century Gilt Bronze Marquetry ‘Table Des Muses’ By Beurdeley
By Emmanuel-Alfred Beurdeley
Located in Long Island City, NY
Geometry, personified by the Muses Urania and Calliope holding a telescope and a pair of compasses and
Category
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Telescopes
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Napoleon III French Marble and Bronze Astronomical Sciences Clock
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
the ‘blued’ bronze globe of the world housing the movement; he holds scientific instruments, telescope
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Telescopes
Materials
Bronze
French Empire mantel clock of the Astronomy Lesson by Jean-Andre Reiche
Located in London, GB
astronomical telescope. To each end is an applied mount of anthemion. This all sits upon an antique vert shaped
Category
1810s Antique Telescopes
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Cartier Paris Art Deco Enamel and Diamond Pencil Pendant Necklace
By Cartier
Located in New York, NY
composed of 18K gold, enamel and rose-cut diamonds. The reeded telescoping cylinder with bands of black
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Telescopes
Materials
Diamond, Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
The Astronomy Lesson French Empire Mantel Clock
Located in New Orleans, LA
instruments, a table globe and an impressive astronomical telescope. Among the abundance of shimmering ormolu
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Telescopes
Materials
Marble, Enamel, Ormolu
English Regency Rosewood Music Stand
Located in Queens, NY
telescoping brass candleholders.
Category
19th Century English Regency Antique Telescopes
Materials
Brass
Galileo, late 18th century science astronomy portrait engraving print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
telescope and consequent astronomical observations and support for Copernicanism.
455mm by 350mm
Category
18th Century Naturalistic Antique Telescopes
Materials
Engraving
French Louis XVI Style 19th Century Trumeau with Painted Allegory of Science
Located in Atlanta, GA
various scientific instruments, including a planet, a compass, a telescope, a globe, and a sundial, all
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Telescopes
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Set of 5 Meissen Figures Emblematic of the Senses by J.J. Kändler and Eberlein
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
putti is cooking food and a ham is left for later consumption, Sight using a telescope while holding a
Category
1860s German Rococo Antique Telescopes
Materials
Porcelain
Rare 19th Century English Mahogany Extending Dining Table by Wilkinson
Sons
By Thomas Wilkinson
Sons
Located in London, GB
pairs of lion paw feet; an ingenious telescoping mechanism concealed underneath the swivel top, allowing
Category
19th Century English Antique Telescopes
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Pair of English Bookends in the Shape of a Camel
Located in London, GB
adjusted from 13 inches up to a gap of 22 inches as the rods fit inside each other and can telescope in or
Category
1890s English Antique Telescopes
Materials
Bronze
EXQUISITE A J STICKS SIGNED SMALL OIL PAINTING FRAME BY S L NIELSEN SEA
CLIFFs
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
telescope
Dimensions
Height:- 25.5cm
Width:- 25.5cm
Depth:- 3cm
Please note all measurements are taken
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Telescopes
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
Antique Tibetan Buddhist Monastery Copper DungChen - Barbara J. Walters Estate
Located in Morristown, NJ
brass cuffs and telescoping length.
This item came from Barbara J. Walters NYC apartment and was one of
Category
Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Telescopes
Materials
Copper
French 19th Century Empire St. Ormolu and Marble Pedestal
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
instruments and a telescope. Above is the square top shelf.
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Telescopes
Materials
Marble
19th Century Satinwood
Parcel Gilt Games Table by Holland
Sons
By Holland
Sons
Located in Dublin, IE
gilt moulded edge, opening on telescope action to a purple baize playing surface, above a plain frieze
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Telescopes
Materials
Satinwood
Gillows Imperial Patent Mahogany Dining Table
By Gillows of Lancaster
London
Located in Folkestone, GB
and sit on the telescoping bed which is raised on elegant turned and reeded legs with brass castors
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Telescopes
Materials
Mahogany
Original "The Navy Wants Men" vintage 1917 poster British
Canadian
Located in Spokane, WA
telescope looking out onto the horizon. Various flags are flying. An empty white box is where you would
Category
1910s American Modern Antique Telescopes
Materials
Lithograph
$1,240 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Italian 19th Century Console
Located in Hudson, NY
gifts upon a man with books, a globe, and a telescope (possibly a writer, or a merchant). Measures: c
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Telescopes
Materials
Burl
18th-century celestial - Cetus
Located in London, London
telescope in order to create a star atlas showing the sky above Greenwich. This was a huge undertaking and
Category
1750s Naturalistic Antique Telescopes
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
18th-century celestial - Andromeda Perseus Triangulum
Located in London, London
stars as observed using a telescope in order to create a star atlas showing the sky above Greenwich
Category
1750s Naturalistic Antique Telescopes
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
18th-century celestial - Eridanus Orion Lepus
Located in London, London
observed using a telescope in order to create a star atlas showing the sky above Greenwich. This was a huge
Category
1750s Naturalistic Antique Telescopes
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
18th-century celestial - Camelopardal
Auriga
Located in London, London
telescope in order to create a star atlas showing the sky above Greenwich. This was a huge undertaking and
Category
1750s Naturalistic Antique Telescopes
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
18th-century celestial - Aquila Sagitta.Vulpecula
Anser Delphinus
Located in London, London
on the stars as observed using a telescope in order to create a star atlas showing the sky above
Category
Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Antique Telescopes
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
The Monument of London in Remembrance of the Dreadful Fire of 1666
Located in Middletown, NY
central shaft meant for use as a zenith telescope, and for use in gravity and pendulum experiments. The
Category
Mid-18th Century English School Antique Telescopes
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Engraving
1928 Original poster by Georges Villa Official Exhibition of the Paris Air Show
By Georges Villa
Located in PARIS, FR
! With a superb picture of a man wearing a hat and an overflowing bag, with a telescope and an umbrella
Category
1920s Antique Telescopes
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Large Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mantel Clock, 19th Century
By Henri Voisin
Located in Brighton, Sussex
, set on an ormolu fluted pedestal, with an inset plaque depicting cherubs with a globe, telescope and
Category
Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Telescopes
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
$9,345 Sale Price
20% Off
Fine Circular Protractor by William Cary, London c.1810
By Cary
Located in Norwich, GB
including mechanical calculators, measuring instruments, telescopes, microscopes and navigation and
Category
1810s English Antique Telescopes
Materials
Brass
Antique Staffordshire Lord Horatio Nelson Hand Painted Toby Jug Pitcher Figure
Located in Thiensville, WI
front of a cannon, with his right hand tucked in his waistcoat. He holds a telescope at his side
Category
19th Century English Antique Telescopes
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
19th Century Amboyna Console/Card Table Attributed To Holland
Sons
By Holland
Sons
Located in Dublin, IE
rectangular hinged top decorated with leaf banding, opening on telescope action to a burgundy baize playing
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Telescopes
Materials
Amboyna
Charles X Figural Ormolu Mantel Clock Depicting Urania
By Nicholas Douillon
Located in Montreal, QC
raised trophy with telescope, chart and a finely cast band depicting the zodiac. The case is tastefully
Category
1830s French Charles X Antique Telescopes
Materials
Bronze
1870 Antique Burnished Brass W F Stanley Level Surveyor Measurement Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
. The instrument consists of a telescope, two orthogonal levels, a compass complete with a goniometric
Category
1870s British Antique Telescopes
Materials
Brass
Miniature Terrestrial Globe Newton
Son London, Post 1833, Ante 1858
By Newton and Son
Located in Milano, IT
bronze; on the foot there are the scale reproductions of a compass, a telescope and an open book.
The
Category
1840s English Early Victorian Antique Telescopes
Materials
Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Belle Époque Period Ormolu Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
center is a charming and finely detailed plaque of cherubs looking through a telescope and playing with a
Category
19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Telescopes
Materials
Ormolu
Brass Surveyors Level by Troughton
Simms, London
By Troughton
Simms London
Located in Norwich, GB
Brass Surveyors Level by Troughton & Simms, London
Sixteen inch extending telescope with
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Telescopes
Materials
Brass
A Napoleon III Gilt and Silvered Bronze, Onyx and Enamel Figural Clock Set
By Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
incorporated it in a clock mechanism to allow a telescope to point continuously at a single star.
The Onyx
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Telescopes
Materials
Onyx, Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
Theories of Planetary Orbits: A Framed 18th C. Celestial Map by Doppelmayr
By Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr 1
Located in Alamo, CA
through a telescope while surrounded by winged personifications of stars and a standing figure of death
Category
Early 18th Century Antique Telescopes
Materials
Engraving
Gold and Gunmetal Carpenter
s Pencil, circa 1900
Located in Baltimore, MD
We love this unusual telescoping carpenters pencil made of 9K gold and gunmetal. Gunmetal is a
Category
1890s British Late Victorian Antique Telescopes
Materials
10k Gold, Mixed Metal, Gold
Celestial Table Globe by Harris and Son
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
of globes, mathematical instruments, telescopes from Bloomsbury, London. On their “New Celestial
Category
1810s English Antique Telescopes
Materials
Mahogany
A Monumental Meissen Porcelain Figural Group of Mount Parnassus
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
idyllic poetry.
Urania, seated with telescope and globe, representing astronomy and astrology,
Polyhymnia
Category
19th Century German Rococo Antique Telescopes
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Hepplewhite Style Bow Front Sideboard
Located in Forney, TX
" over "patent lever" in oval circle; hallmarked: "Reg" over image of telescope on cross shaped stand
Category
19th Century Hepplewhite Antique Telescopes
Materials
Mahogany, Oak, Paint
Victorian Desk Clock / Barometer / Thermometer Set
By J.H Steward
Located in Norwich, GB
barometers during the second half of the nineteenth century. Maker of the celebrated Lord Bury Telescope and
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Telescopes
Materials
Oak
PÔLE SUD_PITISCUS_ZAGUT. Héliogravure of the Moon
s Surface
Located in London, London
Paris Observatory with a camera attached to a telescope. Since the earth and the moon are moving
Category
1890s Naturalistic Antique Telescopes
Materials
Other Medium
MAUROLYCUS_WERNER_SACROBOSCO - Héliogravure of the Moon
s Surface.
Located in London, London
Paris Observatory with a camera attached to a telescope. Since the earth and the moon are moving
Category
1890s Naturalistic Antique Telescopes
Materials
Other Medium
BOUSSINGAULT _ VLACQ _ MAUROLYC - Héliogravure of the Moon Surface.
Located in London, London
Paris Observatory with a camera attached to a telescope. Since the earth and the moon are moving
Category
1890s Naturalistic Antique Telescopes
Materials
Other Medium
GEMMA FRISIUS_SACROBOSCO_DESCAR - Héliogravure of the Moon
s Surface.
Located in London, London
Paris Observatory with a camera attached to a telescope. Since the earth and the moon are moving
Category
1890s Naturalistic Antique Telescopes
Materials
Other Medium
POSIDONIUS_ATLAS_CORNE BORÉALE. - Héliogravure of the Moon
s Surface
Located in London, London
Paris Observatory with a camera attached to a telescope. Since the earth and the moon are moving
Category
1890s Naturalistic Antique Telescopes
Materials
Other Medium
PETAVIUS_LANGRENUS_MER DES CRIS - Héliogravure of the Moon
s Surface
Located in London, London
Paris Observatory with a camera attached to a telescope. Since the earth and the moon are moving
Category
1890s Naturalistic Antique Telescopes
Materials
Other Medium
Bow-Front Marine Barometer by John Dollond
By Dollond, London
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Letters’ for his refracting telescope. Other customers included Captain Cook, Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson
Category
1820s English Antique Telescopes
Materials
Brass
Oxidised Surveyors Level by Reid and Young
Located in Norwich, GB
tripod mounting with four holding rings. Thirteen and a half inch adjustable brass telescope surmounted
Category
1920s British Edwardian Antique Telescopes
Materials
Brass
Early 19th Century Set of Four Trompe-L’Oeil Oil Paintings on Marble with Putti
Located in Palm Desert, CA
open book, a globe and a telescope. The Serious Music panel is signed on the lower right by the artist
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Telescopes
Materials
Marble
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An assortment of antique telescopes is available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, brass and wood, all antique telescopes available were constructed with great care. Antique telescopes have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. Victorian, Georgian and Industrial antique telescopes are consistently popular styles. Antique telescopes have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Dollond, London, Bardou
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