Screw-barrel Boxed Microscope

Description:

Screw-barrel Boxed Microscope, 18th century, lacquered brass instrument with steel spring and detachable bone handle, forceps with sliding brass plate, six objectives numbered 1-6, single brass specimen housing, and a set of tweezers, all housed in a fitted velvet-lined box.

Literature: The Billings Microscope Collection, p. 198; Gerard L'E Turner, The Great Age of the Microscope, pp. 254-56.
Estimate $700-900


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