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Description: | ELLIOTT BROTHERS / MANUFACTORY / 101 & 102 / ST. MARTIN'S LANE
G. Lee & Son / 8 Ordnance Row Portsea / & 1 Paternoster Rd. / Southsea
H.R.H. THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH / H.M.S SULTAN / August 6th 1876
This telescope was made and engraved as a presentation piece for Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh (1844-1900), the second son of Queen Victoria. It is silver with a tapered barrel covered in leather. It also has a removable silver lens cap and an extendable sun shade for the objective lens. The eyepiece has a pivoted cover and is of varying power, with marks on the eyepiece tube indicating magnifications of 20, 25 and 30 times.
The Duke's crest has been added to the barrel and an inscription on the draw tube records the date and place of presentation: 'H.R.H. THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH H.M.S SULTAN August 6th 1876'. The name 'G. Lee & Son, 8 Ordnance Row Portsea & 1 Paternoster Rd. Southsea is' also engraved on the draw tube, while a label pasted inside the lens cap reads 'ELLIOTT BROTHERS MANUFACTORY 101 & 102 ST. MARTIN'S LANE'. It is likely, therefore, that the telescope was originally made by Elliott Brothers and then engraved and sold by G. Lee & Son.
Queen Mary presented the telescope to the Museum in 1936.
Focal length; 30". O.G.diameter 1.9". Sun shade extends 60 mm.
caption: Naval telescope
caption: Naval telescope - inscription on draw tube
caption: Naval telescope - crest on main tube | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | H.R.H. of 1844-1900 Achromatic lens George Lee & Son achromatic telescopes Royal Elliott Bros Sultan 1870 motif: Crown Naval telescope Edinburgh | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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