1830s “A Night and Day” Four Draw Telescope Marked and Made by Ashmore and Osborne of London

1830s “A Night and Day” Four Draw Telescope Marked and Made by Ashmore and Osborne of London – This fine, early, four-draw telescope’s optics are in excellent condition; the brass barrels or tubes are in good condition, presenting a pleasing patina; the wood area, affixed to the largest tube, is in excellent condition. Stamped in the brass ring, just above the wood covering,\ of the large tube, is the following:

“ASHMORE & OSBORNE

DAY OR NIGHT

LONDON”

Ashmore & Osborne are listed in “Pigot and Co.’s National Commercial Directory for 1828 – 9”, a London published directory of businesses in operation in those years. Missing from this early telescope are the lens covers for the eyepiece and objective lenses. This is a fine, definitively pre-Civil War telescope, ideal for a period naval display or collection.

Measurement: Full length – 33.75”