An 18th-Century lacquered-brass 2.1/4-inch refracting telescope, signed on the 25.3/4in. (65.5cm.) long body-tube Ramsden London, with rack and pinion focusing, lens cap and eyepiece dust slide, with rack and pinion adjusting steadying bar on a tapering pillar support and tripod stand, the cabriole legs terminating in pad feet