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If You would like this item bid on it now as like me you may forget to come back and miss out on a fine item!!! Superb Vintage Edwardian PeriodLeather Cased Three Draw TelescopeMade byBroadhurst Clarkson & Co Ltd63 Farringdon Road London Englandcirca 1920
A lovely original antique brass three draw stalking telescope by Broadhurst Clarkson London within leather travel casing .The objective lens has a slide sun shield to leather clad main body then three draws, the first is marked “Broadhurst Clarkson & Co Ltd 63 Farringdon Rd London E.C”.The telescope and leather work is all in nice vintage condition with much of original anti dazzle browning intact to brasswork.Broadhurst, Clarkson & Co. Benjamin Martin established an instrument business in 1750. His son Joshua joined him in 1778 and in 1782 he patented a method for producing brass tubing. The same year Charles Tulley bought the firm. His family owned the business until 1844, when it was bought and developed by Robert Mills who ran it until 1873 when he, in turn, sold it to Alexander Clarkson. Mr Broadhurst joined the firm as a partner in 1892, but Clarkson and he fell out in 1908 and Broadhurst moved to 63 Farringdon Road, EC1, naming the building Telescope House but trading as “Broadhurst Clarkson & Co. Clarkson had a top reputation and Broadhurst wished to trade on it, as well as wishing to annoy Clarkson.Telescope House produced very high quality astronomical telescopes from 2-inch to 6-inch in diameter. The building housed lens-making facilities a light machine shop and a thriving brass tube-making plant, using a brass drawing machine patented by Joshua Martin in 1782. The premises also had a showroom and shop, which is still in use today. Between 1914 and 1918, as part of the war effort, the company set up further telescope factories in Watford, and a lens-making facility in central London near Telescope House. During the 1920’s and 30’s, the business continued to flourish
Would make a fine giftApproximate Dimensions: 301/2″(77.5cm) fully extended 11 1/2″(29.2cm) closed Objective lens 1 5/8″(4.2cm) diameter
Category: Cameras and Photography:Telescopes and Binoculars:Binoculars and Monoculars
Location: Woking
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