Lot 48

A Single Draw German Silver Presentation Telescope, P&O Interest, by Charles Nephew & Co., Calcutta.
53 x 6.5cm Dia.(21 x 2.5 in.)

Marine Works of Art

25 February 2004, 14:00 GMT

London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £329 inc. premium

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A Single Draw German Silver Presentation Telescope, P&O Interest, by Charles Nephew & Co., Calcutta.

with sliding shutter to eyepiece and object lens, sliding sun shade. Macrame bound tube with leather bindings, inscribed "Captn. D Rennoldson to W C Angove Esq. SS EMEU April 1863" 53 x 6.5cm Dia.(21 x 2.5 in.)

Footnotes

The auxiliary steamship SS EMEU, was built by Robert Napier in Glasgow in 1854 for the new joint venture between Royal Mail Lines and the Pacific Steam Navigation Co. When this foundered, she was sold to Cunard and after being chartered briefly to the European-Australian RMSP Co. was sold to P&O in 1858. Capt. WC Angove was her commander before retiring to become Port officer at Bombay, he was replaced by Captain D Rennoldson, who presented this telescope.

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A Single Draw German Silver Presentation Telescope, P&O Interest, by Charles Nephew & Co., Calcutta. 53 x 6.5cm Dia.(21 x 2.5 in.)