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OCTAGONAL REVERSE TAPERED SEA GLASS.

21 September 2015, 13:00 EDT
New York

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OCTAGONAL REVERSE TAPERED SEA GLASS.

English, mid-18th century. 36" octagonal maintube in mahogany, complete with original preachromatic objective with dust slide, brass drawtube with erecting optics and sliding eye cover, opening to 44". Drawtube considerably larger at eye end than at objective end, which is stopped down to 9/16" diameter to improve image quality.

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