A 19th-Century lacquered-brass drainage level,

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A 19th-Century lacquered-brass drainage level,
signed on the silvered arc GARDNER & CO., 53 BUCHANAN STREET, GLASGOW, the telescope with sliding draw-tube focusing, pivoted at the fore end and adjustable by vertical screw at the rear, the supporting limb with bubble level and tripod or staff mounting, the vertical arc with silvered scale engraved fall 12-1/1-12 rise, further engraved REGISTERED NO. 2602 DEC: 28th 1850, in the original pine carrying case -- 14in. (35.5cm.) wide, including an original booklet of instructions for use

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