Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
Description:
George Sterrop Cuff-type Compound Microscope, London, c. 1750, simple stage, engraved Sterrop London Fecit, rectangular brass pillar with an adjustable parallel pillar marked 1-6, fine focusing, tapered tube with objective lens, single-sided gimbaled mirror, mounted on a single-drawer mahogany base with five objective lenses, Bonanni spring stage, and multiple slides, ht. 15 in.
Estimate $1,500-2,500
drawer front not attached.
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George Sterrop Cuff-type, LondonJonathan Dowling
Director, Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
508-970-3131
Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
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