English Sighting Scope

Description:

English Sighting Scope, c. mid to late 19th century, brass sighting scope (missing optics) with engraved silvered dial marked Bate/London, and engraved on level tube Lt. R.R. Armstrong C.S.S. Alabama, wooden box with label marked MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENT MAKER, to the honorable Board of Excise/ HYDROMETER MAKER for the REVENUE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM/ R.B. Bate with royal cipher and other instruments shown, ht. 5 1/2, wd. 6 1/4, lg. 14 5/8 in.
Estimate $1,200-1,500

Missing sight glass, and a few dings and splits on wooden box.


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