19th-Century Brass, 2-Inch Refracting Telescope & Tripod

19th-Century Brass, 2-Inch Refracting Telescope
with a brass-mounted tripod 
Spencer Browning & Co 
London, Circa 1840

Measures:-
95 cm (37.5") long (when closed) 6.5 cm (2.5") diameter (the telescope)

Brass single draw telescope, the tapered tube in leather covered mahogany. Shuttered eyepiece. Signed 'Spencer. Browning. & Co. London, Improved'. With a collapsible, brass fitted mahogany tripod stand, brass angled cradle, the legs with brass collared screw fixings, spike feet. The tripod probably Late 19th-Early 20th Century.

Optics in good order.