Description

This telescope has a parallel brass barrel, covered in brown leather. The objective lens is an achromatic doublet, contained in a nickeled silver cell. The objective has an extendable sunshade. All metal parts are nickeled silver. It has a single draw, a four-lens eyepiece, and a bulbous eyecup. It is signed "Dollond London Achromatic Night" on the eye tube draw, with the eyecup to the right. There is a long-necked bird design below the signature. The creature is resting on a crown.  This designation as a "night" telescope is quite rare; the eye tube is oversized allowing larger diameter optics to be used for better night vision.