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VERY RARE, Real Antique, Three Part Inverted MONOCULAR (Everything upside Down)-Marked HIGH Twice. Once on The Adjustable Lens Cover & on the BRASS 3 x lens CASING-The 3 LEATHER SHEATH , is A Leather Tube, With A Smaller Leather Tube Inside, that Holds The 1.5 Brass & Glass Lenss Fast. This piece, Screws into the Milled Brass, With, Some Original Black Paint, Lens Cover. With the Brass & Lenses held fast in the Leather Tube, Its Adjustable, By Unscrewing Anti-clockwise, Whilst Looking Through The Opposite End Hole. This Small Hole, is just about big enough to, put a Matchstick in ! I cant find another, even a Similar piece Online. Ive done a lot of Research & Havent got that Far, other Than its a Desirable, Collectable , possiblyA Medical Reason, for it Being an Inverted Monocular. The Casing is in Immaculate Condition . They Really Dont make Them, to This Top Quality anymore. It is a real Antique, Late Georgian/ Early Victorian, from my experience. Thank you.The INVERTED MONOCULAR EYEGLASS -SCREW OR UNSCREW THE METAL END, WHICH IS HELD FAST, IN THE LEATHER JACKET.MARINE-ARMY – MEDICAL-SCOPE-MONOCULAR . A QUALITY MADE, GREAT ANTIQUE LOTS OF PATINA -Ive used leather polish & Brasso, just where the name High is. It would Polish to a High Shine, if that was your want.-INVERTED EYE/SPY GLASS/ MONOCULAR. Every DANDY Should Have One (or More)ANTIQUE, BEAUTIFUL, QUALITY MADE PIECE. ITS A SMALL 1.7/8th LONG X1.5/8th DIAMETER, BRASS/BRONZE LENSS CASE-WITH ROUNDED GLASS AT FAR END ,A PRISM, INSIDE & A FLAT LENS, AT THE, UNSCREW-ABLE / ADJUSTABLE END.THE BRONZE/BRASS (BLACK WITH PATINA),MILLED LENS CAP END, HAS A LITTLE PIN, THAT OPENS OR CLOSES THE APERTURE. IT IS MADE UP OF ENGINE TURNED CONCENTRIC CIRCLES, WITH THE MAKERS NAME ENGRAVED HIGH, INTO THE BRASS, Surrounding The Glass & on The Metal end,Where you can Open & Close The Aperture. So its marked a Twice HIGH-IT FITS SNUGLY INTO A LEATHER, BEAUTIFULLY SEWN, 3.2/8 LONG HARD LEATHER CASE,THERE IS A HOLE AT THE FAR END, WHICH YOU LOOK THROUGH, Adjustable at the other end, by Screwing, Which, Lengthens, or Shortens The Three Lens Part. Which consists of the the Objective Lens, the Schmidt-Pecham Prism & the Eyepiece. In One Article I came across, it said that YOUR EYES ADJUST, AFTER TIME, WITH THE BRAIN, SEEING THE RIGHT WAY UP. THE WHOLE PIECE IS SURPRISINGLY HEAVY, WEIGHING IN AT 123.2 GRAMMES. PLEASE SEE PHOTOGRAPHS FOR THE DETAILS QUALITY COLOURS CONDITION STYLE PATTERN AND SIZE.THANK YOU.N.B. FOR OVERSEES BUYERS IF YOUVE PAID EXCESS POSTAGE, AFTER THE FIRST 2 YOU WILL BE REFUNDED VIA PAYPAL.THANK YOU.
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Category: Cameras and Photography:Telescopes and Binoculars:Binoculars and Monoculars
Location: Kirkwall, Orkney