A good presentation telescope – H.M.S. Britannia.
£395
Circa
1876
Country of manufacture
UK and Ireland
Description
A large marine presentation telescope constructed in nickel silver with the sun visor and eye-piece of silver plate. The taper barrel is finished in black leather. It measures 28 inches long when closed and 42 inches fully drawn. It gives an excellent clear view. There is an additional short pancratic draw tube (2.5″ long) and this allows the user to ‘zoom in’ when viewing.
The sun visor is engraved:
Presented
to
Mr Keightley,
Boatswain R.N.
By the Fourth Form who passed out
December 1876.
H.M.S. Britannia.
H.M.S. Brittannia was a British Royal Navy ship used for the preliminary education of naval officers from 1859 to 1905, (Training ship).
