James W. Queen & Co. 4-inch Refractor Telescope

Description:

James W. Queen & Co. 4-inch Refractor Telescope, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, late 19th/early 20th century, 44-in. steel main tube with lacquered brass ocular and objective ends, engraved on collar Queen & Co./Phila, star diagonal lens, rack-and-pinion focusing, 12-in. finderscope on pierced mounts, four additional eyepieces, housed in a pine case.
Estimate $1,200-1,500

rack knob off but present.


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