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A 19th century brass telescope on stand.
By Dolland
Located in Miami, FL
A 19th century brass telescope on stand, in very good working condition, signed Dolland of London
Category
Antique 19th Century More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Brass
19th Century English Brass Telescope and Stand
Located in Alexandria, VA
Antique refracting brass and mahogany four-draw telescope with a brass tripod table stand, and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Impressive 91" Refracting Astronomical Telescope on Stand
By W. Watson and Sons
Located in Shakespeare, ON
W. Watson & Sons telescope, fitted with 5 inch Watson-Coventry Objective Lense, Constructed at The
Category
Early 20th Century English Scientific Instruments
Materials
Mahogany
Old Sheffield Silver Deluxe Three Draw Nautical Telescope
Located in Palm City, FL
Shown is a very high quality, British three draw Old Sheffield Silver telescope in exceptionally
Category
Antique 19th Century English Scientific Instruments
Unique Front Focus Marine Telescope Ca 1790 Exceptional
Located in Palm City, FL
Unusual Front Focus Mid 19th century, erect standing, ship captain's single draw telescope with
Category
Antique 19th Century English Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass, Metal
Table lamp model 344 Telescope by Gunnar Biilman-Petersen
By Gunnar Biilmann-Petersen
Located in ALHAURÍN EL GRANDE, ES
Table lamp model 344 Telescope by Gunnar Biilman-Petersen
Manufactured by Le Klint
Denmark, 1960
Category
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Teak and Brass Telescoping Floor Lamp, Danish Modern
Located in New Westminster, British Columbia
This fabulous and practical Danish Modern teak and brass floor lamp is super unique! Featuring a sculptural teak stem and circular base, with a threaded screw made from wood that whe...
Category
Vintage 1960s Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Shaving Stand with Telescoping Mirror
Located in Pasadena, CA
Mid-Century Modern mirror on stand.
Pieces are both casual and visually appealing, taking inspiration from themes such as Folk Art and farmhouse decorating styles.
Materials oak, p...
Category
Early 20th Century American Country Vanities
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Early 19th Century English Brass Telescope with Folding Tripod
Located in Atlanta, GA
Early 19th century English brass telescope with folding tripod by Watkins, Charing, Crofs, London
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Hala Brass Table Lamp with Telescope Arm, Netherlands, 1930s
By Hala Zeist, Herman Theodoor Jan Anthoin Busquet
Located in Maastricht, NL
A brass work or desk lamp with a telescope arm, designed in the early 1930s by H.Th.J.A. Busquet
Category
Vintage 1930s Dutch Bauhaus Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
19th Century F. Primavesi
Sons Leather and Brass Telescope
Located in London, GB
This wonderful brass and leather-wrapped telescope by the Welsh maker Fedele Primavesi & Sons dates
Category
Antique 19th Century Welsh Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
1960s Scientific Graphic, Telescope Diagram, Mounted in Window Mat
Located in Alhambra, CA
workings of a telescope.
Newly mounted in a custom acid-free overlay window mat and protective plastic
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Erickson Aesthetics Pyramid Base Cocktail Table with Telescoping Swivel Post
By Ben Erickson
Located in New York, NY
Pyramid Marble base cocktail table with telescoping swivel post supporting satin brass top with
Category
2010s American Side Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
Erickson Aesthetics Pyramid Base Cocktail Table with Telescoping Swivel Post
By Ben Erickson
Located in New York, NY
Pyramid marble base cocktail table with telescoping swivel post that supports solid black Colorfin
Category
2010s American Side Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
American 19th Century Brass Table-Top Telescope by James Queen, Philadelphia
Located in Woodbury, CT
A fine and large table top brass telescope by James W. Queen of Philadelphia, circa 1860. Contained
Category
Antique 1860s Great Britain (UK) High Victorian Scientific Instruments
Victorian Novelty Silver Combined Scent Bottle Vinaigrette as a Telescope Kittie
By Thomas Johnson, London 1
Located in Sittingbourne, Kent
form of a telescope with attached chain and suspension ring, the middle of the outer body covered in
Category
Antique 1860s English Victorian Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Late 19th Century Bardou
Son Paris Brass Telescope with GB Trademark on Tripod
By Bardou
Son
Located in Atlanta, GA
Late 19th century Words & Works St Louis, Bardou & Son Paris Brass Telescope with GB Trademark on
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal, Brass
Dresser "the Groove" Handmade in Organic Design, also as a sideboard
By Eckehard Weimann
Located in Dietmannsried, Bavaria
done by hand.
The five drawers are guided on high quality metal telescope pull-outs.
Surface is oiled
Category
2010s German Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Maple
Dresser, Solid Walnut, Handmade in Organic Design, Germany, Also as a Sideboard
By Eckehard Weimann
Located in Dietmannsried, Bavaria
course done by hand.
The five drawers are guided on high quality metal telescope pull-outs.
Surface is
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Dresser "the Groove" Handmade in Organic Design, Made in Germany
By Eckehard Weimann
Located in Dietmannsried, Bavaria
done by hand.
The five drawers are guided on high quality metal telescope pull-outs.
Surface is oiled
Category
2010s German Art Deco Dressers
Materials
Oak
Dresser "the groove" Handmade in Organic Design, also as a sideboard, solid wood
By Eckehard Weimann
Located in Dietmannsried, Bavaria
done by hand.
The five drawers are guided on high quality metal telescope pull-outs.
Surface is oiled
Category
2010s German Organic Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
Dresser "the Groove" Handmade in Organic Design solid wood
By Eckehard Weimann
Located in Dietmannsried, Bavaria
done by hand.
The five drawers are guided on high quality metal telescope pull-outs.
Surface is oiled
Category
2010s German Organic Modern Dressers
Materials
Maple
Dresser "the groove" Handmade in Organic Design
By Eckehard Weimann
Located in Dietmannsried, Bavaria
done by hand.
The five drawers are guided on high quality metal telescope pull-outs.
Surface is oiled
Category
2010s German Organic Modern Dressers
Materials
Oak
$9,250 / item
Homecrest Mid Century Modern Patio Set, 2 armchairs+adjusting height round table
By Homecrest
Located in San Jose, CA
3/4"
telescoping round table measures
30” in diameter, and 18” to 29” height adjustable
Category
Vintage 1960s American American Classical Lounge Chairs
Materials
Metal, Wrought Iron
Event Horizon Mirror
By Studio S II
Located in Brooklyn, NY
images captured only last year of black hole M87 by the Event Horizon Telescope. This “telescope”, which
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Carnelian, Brass, Steel
$20,670 / item
Highly impressive Empire Urania Mantel clock
Located in HAARLEM, NL
and days of the month. Nice detailed telescope and the pentagram obelisk and regular dodecahedron on
Category
Antique 19th Century French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Griotte Marble
Large Iconic Cedric Hartman Floor Lamp for Jack Lenor Larsen Serial No. 8 1960s
By Cedric Hartman, Jack Lenor Larsen
Located in Nierstein am Rhein, DE
, Pandora, Kirchberg, Switzerland. This great modernist icon has a minimalist curved telescoping chromed
Category
Vintage 1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass, Steel, Chrome
ONE SOLD Triplex Lamp by Johan Petter Johansson for ASEA
By ASEA, Johan Petter Johansson
Located in Hudson, NY
Painted metal lamp with aluminum shade and bakelite switch. Telescoping; can be used on wall or
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
A Rare Pair of George III Telescopic Reading Tables Attributed to Gillows
By Gillows of Lancaster
London
Located in New York, NY
, on telescoping pedestal supports. The tops adjustable with brass fittings above single drawers, the
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier British Regency Side Tables
Materials
Brass
Cocktail Table
By Erickson Aesthetics
Located in New York, NY
Pyramid Terrazzo base cocktail table with telescoping swivel post that supports pink plexiglass
Category
2010s American Side Tables
Materials
Brass
$3,500 / item
Erickson Aesthetics Marble and Brass Cocktail Tables
By Erickson Aesthetics
Located in New York, NY
telescoping brass post with tear drop solid brass plate pivoting tops.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
/ ART DONOVAN / "University Observatory", Illuminated Sculpture/Table Lamp
By Art Donovan
Located in Southampton, NY
vintage observatory telescopes. The lamp features custom made bulb shields of solid brass for both the
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Long-view "Gregory
Son London"
Located in Nice, Cote d
Azur
James Gregory (1638-1675)
In 1663 he devised the first reflecting telescope.
Based in London
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Pair of George III Mahogany Reading Tables
Located in New York, NY
Pair of George III mahogany reading tables with ebony stringing, on telescoping pedestal supports
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English George III Desks and Writing Ta...
$22,000 / set
Perfectly Shaped Wall Lamp by Cosack, Germany, 1970s
By Gebrüder Cosack
Located in Bern, CH
Telescope wall lamp with swiveling arm and counterweight for the cable, manufactured by "Gebrüder
Category
Vintage 1970s German Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum, Chrome, Iron
Whale Bone Swift
Located in Denver, CO
American Whale Bone Swift
Turned and dished yarn holder above a telescoping swift on clamp mounted
Category
Antique 19th Century American Decorative Objects
$2,680
Hooded Spotlights on Stand
Located in Hudson, NY
large metal spotlights signed HAUT - mercury reflector - hooded clip on - mounted on telescoping
Category
Late 20th Century French Industrial Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Tin box Theme Pirate, 1950s
Located in Retie, BE
or telescope, pistol, sword, location of the treasury.
Makes you think at Pirates of the Caribbean
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Tin
Midcentury Double Cone Chrome Atomic Floor Lamp
Located in Detroit, MI
Space Age design.
• Lamps function independently with telescoping height adjustment and pivoting to any
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Chrome
Adjustable Standing Lamp with Tailored Silhouette by Josef Frank for Svenst Tenn
By Josef Frank, Svenskt Tenn
Located in New York, NY
Standing lamp with telescoping height and tripod base, model number 22597, by Josef Frank (1885
Category
Vintage 1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Adjustable Side Table, Two Finishes
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
A heavy, acid-etched steel block anchors a telescoping base finished in antique brass and a
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Side Tables
Wonderful Benjamin Pike
Sons (New York) Circa 1850 Theodolite
Located in Placerville, CA
. I guess this isn't surprising since the telescope measures 15 inches. The Crosshairs for the scope
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century American Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Ostuni O Luce Table or Floor Lamp Italian Design
By Oluce, Giuseppe Ostuni
Located in San Francisco, CA
Telescoping table or floor lamp by Ostuni-O-Luce of Italy. The lamp extends from 23" to 54" in all
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Stellar 6-Point Vertical Pendant, Custom Polished Brass and Hand Blown Glass
By Javier Robles
Located in NEW YORK, NY
system is based on the orbiting binary stars seen through the telescopes of astronomers. The direct light
Category
2010s American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Stellar 6-Point Vertical Pendant - patinated brass
hand blown glass
By Javier Robles
Located in NEW YORK, NY
taken by NASA, this lighting system is based on the orbiting binary stars seen through the telescopes of
Category
2010s American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
19th c. MOONSCAPES
By Loewy
Puiseux
Located in Summerland, CA
telescope.
From an edition of 100
Stamped and dated with the Paris Observatory
Category
Antique 19th Century French Photography
$2,500
A French Bronze Equestrian Group Of Napoleon On Horseback, France, 19th Century
By Foundry Pinedo
Located in Pasadena, CA
hat, in his right hand holding the horses reigns the other hand holding a telescope with a small sword
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Midcentury Chrome Floor Lamp with Pivoting Boom Arm, 1960s
Located in Detroit, MI
is fixed and may have originally telescoped. Original vintage on/off switch on hanging cord and on
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Chrome
Mid-19th Century French Japy Freres Black Marble Garniture Clock Set
Located in Worcester, Worcestershire
, brassouter ring
Decoration
marble body with bronze putti atop, brass globe and telescope. Heavy ornate
Category
Antique 19th Century French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble
Pipistrello Lamp by Gae Aulenti
By Gae Aulenti
Located in New York, NY
Paris. Creamy lacquered base and adjustable, telescoping steel stem, diffusing perspex shade.
Category
Vintage 1960s Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Steel
Antique 19th Century Bronze and Marble Ormolu Mantle Clock
Located in Worcester, Worcestershire
, brassouter ring
Decoration
marble body with bronze putti atop, brass globe and telescope. Heavy ornate
Category
Antique 19th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Rare Bittersweet Painted 18th C Candlestand
Located in Hadley, MA
EARLY CONN CANDLESTAND
Punchy snakefoot CT "telescope shaft" candlestand, with the
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Painted Furniture
Materials
Maple
Duran Coffee Table, Polished Edges, Silicon Bronze Base, Custom Order
By KGBL
Located in Dallas, TX
for telescope lenses. The existing stock features occlusions and varying textures which give each
Category
2010s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Bronze
Pair French Art Deco Silverleaf Chairs
Located in Coral Gables, FL
pale green Scalamandre silk, the chairs are suitable for any décor. The “Telescope” front legs have
Category
20th Century French Chairs
Materials
Silver Leaf
$3,900 / set
Erickson Aesthetics Pyramid Table
By Ben Erickson
Located in New York, NY
Pyramid marble base cocktail table with telescoping swivel post that supports solid black Colorfin
Category
2010s American Side Tables
Materials
Marble, Brass
$3,500 / item
Bust of Sir Isaac Newton, Pearlware, Ralph
Enoch Wood, circa 1790
By Ralph Wood Pottery
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
contributions include the development of the reflecting telescope and the discovery of the color spectrum in
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Pottery
Materials
Pearlware
GILT METAL FIGURAL BAROMETER BY E. LINNIE
By E. Linnie
Located in San Francisco, CA
TELESCOPES. THE WORKS OF THIS BEAUTIFUL BAROMETER ARE INSIDE A DRUM APPLIED WITH STARS, TOPPED BY TWO
Category
Antique 19th Century Scottish Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
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