SPECIAL CHRISTMAS AUCTION
Thursday, 8 - Monday, 12 December 2022
JOHN POOLE LONDON BARSS & MAHOGANY TELESCOPE Presentation inscribed L.1090mm
Estimate $300 - $600
Realised: $400 plus premium
Lot Details
The mahogany with cracks. Not working. Engraved with maker's details. Presentation engraved 'Presented to Capt.n Alexander MacGregor By Cruikshank Smail & Co. Note: possibly Captain Alexander Nugent Murray Macgregor (died 1844), an officer in the Bengal Army, who married Eleanor, daughter of one Captain Hopper
