Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
Description:
Newton & Co. Monocular Field Microscope, 3 Fleet St., Temple-Bar, London, lacquered brass instrument with screw-mount main barrel, damascened square plate with X-Y adjustments, knurled knobs for triangular pillar adjustment, "A"-frame base engraved as above, housed in a small mahogany fitted carrying case with original green paper label.
Estimate $300-500
adjustment knobs function but shafts have small bend to them, interior box has some broken pieces but seems complete.
Items may have wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
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Newton & Co., LondonJonathan Dowling
Director, Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
508-970-3131
Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
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