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Antique Victorian VintageLeather Cased German Galileo Field GlassesByVoigtlaender & SohnGermany Circa 1880A lovely very rare pair of leather cased Voigtlaender Galileo binoculars. They are in good vintage condition, Optics are clear and can be used. Probably retailed in London the right barrel is engraved with “J K Hawthorn Glenholm Leighton Court Road Streatham Hill S.W.” tand family coat of arms to left barrel. The eye pieces have “Voigtlaender & Sohn” James Kenyon Hawthorn lived at the family home of Glenholm from birth until around 1900 after which he moved to the Isle of Wight. He was a member The Royal Colonial Institute from 1883 and took over from his father William Hawthorn on his retirement as main partner in Hawthorn, Sheddon and Co East India Merchants at 3 Savage Gardens London in January 1892. The company must have been in trouble as he was declared bankrupt in 1895. The Voigtlander & Sons Company was founded in 1756 by Johann Christoph Voigtlander. It was established as a fine mechanical and optical workshop, located in Vienna, Austria., selling spectacles, reading glasses, simple microscopes and telescopes. His three sons, Wilhelm, Siegmund and Johann Fredrick joined to assist in the business over time. Johann Christoph Voigtlander was born in 1735 and died in 1797. In 1849 the company was moved to Braunschweig and the Vienna factory was closed in 1866. Also in 1866 Peter Wilhelm Fredrick was ennobled by the King of Austria allowing him to ad the von to his last name. Voigtlnder, was born in 1812 in Vienna, retired in 1876 and died in 1878. Friedrich Ritter von Voigtlander carried the company into the 20th century after his fathers retirement by constructing the first Euryscope lens in 1877.
This is a really nice cased pair which you would struggle to find better.
Category: Cameras and Photography:Telescopes and Binoculars:Binoculars and Monoculars
Location: Woking
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