Cutty Sark Chronometer from the National Maritime Historical Society Anniv. Collection, 1997 The Discovery Telescope is an

The Discovery Telescope is an official issue of the National Maritime Historical Society presented in 1992 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's voyage to America

This item was handmade by indigenous peoples of Peru and is believed to date to the 1980's or earlier

Width approximately 4 and 1/2 inches

It's face displays a Celtic Cross design with Celtic knots

• Blank product sourced from Pakistan

Cutty Sark Chronometer from the National Maritime Historical Society Anniv. Collection, 1997 The Discovery Telescope is anThis chronometer was issued by the National Maritime Historical Society to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the legendary Cutty Sark tea clipper. The Cutty Sark is one of the last of the great British clipper ships built to race across the globe from China to London for the tea trade in 1869, before the opening of the Suez Canal created a much shorter route. Cutty Sark went from the tea trade to trading in wool from Sydney to London where she held