Huge Vintage Edwardian JH Steward Rifle Big Game Spotting Stalking Telescope

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Edwardian Vintage Leather CasedThree Draw Big Game Stalking Telescope”Long Range”ByJ H  Steward406 & 457 The Strand  London EnglandCirca 1920An extremely nice and very rare vintage British four draw big game spotting telescope. Engraved to the first draw is”J H Steward Ltd 406 & 457 The Strand London.” for the makers and ” The Long-Range” for the model. As the name suggests it is designed for long range big game spotting in Africa. It is of huge proportions, the largest hand held telescope made by J H steward. The objective lens is 2 1/2″(6.3cm) in diameter designed to capture as much light as possible to give a clearer imaging.The telescope optics return a clear, crisp image and have been dismantled, all lenses checked for damage and cleaned, all threads have been lubricated when re-assembled to ease future cleaning. The brass which still has most of its anti reflective browning still intact has been lightly cleaned and the leather has been cleaned and nourished. The leather case is also in very nice vintage condition.   Dimensions 12 1/4″(31cm) closed 43″(109.2cm) fully extended Objective lens 2 1/2″(6.3cm) diameter  James Henry Steward (18171896)  established J.H. Stewardin London in 1852. J.H Steward became incorporated as J.H. Steward Limited on on 1st Feb 1913. The business grew from a modest beginning: a stall selling pocket watches and assorted items at the annual competition days of The National Rifle Association (NRA). The NRA is the governing body for full bore rifle and pistol shooting sports in the UK. The Association was established in 1859 to improve the shooting skills of the newly formed corps of volunteers to meet the perceived threat of an invasion by the French. A J.H. Steward advert first appeared in the NRA programme of 1865. When of age, each of the founders four sons joined the business. So by the mid-1880s it was not only an expanding family business but had become a family dynasty as each son was given his own rented shop in London to run. But right up to the twilight years the shop on The Strand remained the business “head office” and the mainstay of the family empire. In 1928 plans to demolish 457, West Strand prompted that branch to relocate to the head office. Not long after the severe “Great Depression of the 1930s” meant that the Steward empire, like so many other businesses, had to “downsize”. After closing all the shops except 406, The Strand the company bought the freehold of the head office and continued operating from it for the next 40 years. 
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Category: Cameras and Photography:Telescopes and Binoculars:Telescopes
Location: Woking

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