An 18th-Century brass 1.7/8-inch reflecting telescope,

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An 18th-Century brass 1.7/8-inch reflecting telescope,
unsigned, the 8.1/4in. (21cm.) long body-tube with screw-rod focusing, speculum mirrors, and dust cap, the eye-piece with screw-on dust cap, raised on a ball and socket mounting with butterfly-nut and folding tripod stand, the cabriole legs terminating in pad feet

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