[ m3108 ] the featherweight spotter Scope x JH Steward london

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the featherweight spotter Scope x JH Steward London- Both screw in caps are present.
ANTIQUE SCOPE, SEE SOME INFOR ABOUT THE COMPANY BELOW

J.H.Steward Ltd. 406 Strand, London
J.H.Steward Ltd. Opticians and instrument makers, London.

The optician, James Henry Steward, founded his business in 1852 and produced an extensive range of items for military use advertised as instruments for ‘Reconnoitring, Sketching, Night Marching, Signally, Gun Laying’.

In the middle of the 19th century the business was appointed as the optician to Her Majesty's British & Foreign Governments, the National Rifle Associations of England, India, Canada & the Colonies and the National Artillery Association.