English, original bill of sales dated 24 August 1956, with metal label to the stand for 'W OTTWAY & Co Ltd, EALING LONDON' the telescope finished in original white and nickle with large 4" achromatic objective glass mounted in an adjustable cell, with dew hood, eyepiece with rack and pinion focus, extension tube, star finder, on a massive mahogany tripod with large azimuth mount with rack and pinion control, all packed into the original light wood case, with brass lacquered star eyepiece, and the following eyepieces, Ottway Huyghenian E.F. 5mm, 6mm, 7mm & 16mm all RAS threaded, case length 155cm, assembled telescope at 30deg incline 220cm

Complete with the original Ottway catalogue featuring the telescope & detailed instructions for assembly.

Provenance: comes with a handwritten letter dated 1972 that reads 'The reason for selling this telescope is that my husband died 2 years ago just when he had practically completed the little observatory for the telescope. It has never been used.