Telescope made by J.P. Cutts & Sons, Sheffield, England, circa 1850

telescope

INSTRUMENTS - TELESCOPES & SPYGLASSES
J. O. Cutts & Sons
ENGLAND: Sheffield
Circa 1850
0 x 25.00 x 0

Telescope; brass with painted leather cover over main barrel, single brass draw; sliding cover over eye piece; removable dust cover over objective with sliding aperture cover; optics produce erect image; painted in white on leather cover, black background, "Wm. N. Brady. U.S. Navy." [Brady served in the US Navy 1829-1865], painted below name are three rows of painted flags and pennants; "POWHATAN" scratched into leather; engraved on draw "J.P. Cutts & Sons/ Opticians to Her Majesty/ Sheffield".

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