LOT 40 A late Victorian lacquered and patinated brass compound monocular microscope, unsigned, Late 19th ce
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A late Victorian lacquered and patinated brass compound monocular microscope Unsigned, Late 19th century The tube with rack and pinion coarse and fine top-screw focus adjustment and double objective nosepiece, above circular stage incorporating revolving disc oculus selection and with pivoted plano-concave mirror beneath, the columnar limb pivoted via axis support onto a shaped cast base, in original mahogany box with two objective lens canisters, an additional eyepiece, condenser lens on stand and a specimen plate, the box 31cm (12.25ins) high; with a brass microscope spirit lamp, Late 19th century with glass chimney enclosed by brass sphere fitted with condenser lens over bell-shaped foot, and a cased set of microscopy seed samples, the wooden box containing one hundred boxwood canisters of seed samples, the inside of the lid with table of contents and the exterior with label inscribed Carter's CABINET OF CURIOUS SEEDS, FOR THE MICROSCOPE..., ROYAL SEEDSMAN BY WARRANT TO H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES, 237 & 238 HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON, W.O., the box 16cm (6.25ins) wide.
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