Newton & Co. Lacquered Brass Monocular/Binocular Compound Microscope

Description:

Newton & Co. Lacquered Brass Monocular/Binocular Compound Microscope, London, c. 1870, with interchangeable eye tubes, rack-and-pinion focusing on limb and eyepieces of binocular tube, fine focusing on nose, rectangular stage with X-Y adjustments, mechanical substage with condenser, and plano/concave mirror on swing-arm, on Y-shaped foot marked Newton & Co. 3 Fleet Street Temple Bar London, with a mahogany compendium with additional eyepieces and objectives, and freestanding bull's-eye condenser, ht. 18 in.
Estimate $1,500-2,000

one foot on base slightly bent, some wear to original lacquer


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