EUROPE, fin du XIXème ou début du XXème siècle Small gilded brass telescope, on its folding tripod with column shaft and bracket supports. Not signed. With some brass elements. Length of the telescope : cm - H. about : cm. Incomplete of its large lens. Wear, scratches, oxidation, some shocks. In a mahogany carrying case (without key; accidents, cracks, some missing). Provenance: Auguste VERNEUIL (1856-1913), inventor of synthetic ruby.