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Auction archive: Lot number 274

A 19th-Century lacquered-brass compound monocular microscope

Auction 02.07.2002
2 Jul 2002
Estimate
£400 - £600
ca. US$621 - US$932
Price realised:
£529
ca. US$821
Auction archive: Lot number 274

A 19th-Century lacquered-brass compound monocular microscope

Auction 02.07.2002
2 Jul 2002
Estimate
£400 - £600
ca. US$621 - US$932
Price realised:
£529
ca. US$821
Beschreibung:

A 19th-Century lacquered-brass compound monocular microscope, signed on the draw tube R. Wasserlein Berlin , with draw tube focusing, substage condensor and plano-concave mirror, tilting via a compass joint to the U-shaped foot, with three ( of six ) numbered objectives in a leatherette-covered case, four eyepieces, and a quantity of unused glass slides, in a fitted mahogany case, the inside of the lid with a plaque for "CLARKSON'S" OPTICAL STORES 333 HIGH HOLBORN LONDON, W.C.1 -- 11¼in. (28.5cm.) wide ; and a 19th-Century lacquered-brass compound monocular microscope, signed on the foot E. Leitz Wetzlar N 53392 , with draw tube and rack and pinion focusing ( defective ) and micrometer fine adjustment, double nosepiece, substage condensor and plano-concave substage mirror, tilting via a compass joint to a U-shaped foot, with Leitz objectives 3 and 7 in signed canisters, and three eyepieces, in a fitted mahogany case, the inside of the door with a plaque for A. FRAZER OPTICIAN 22, TEVIOT PLACE EDINBURGH -- 13½in. (34.2cm.) high (2)

Auction archive: Lot number 274
Auction:
Datum:
2 Jul 2002
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

A 19th-Century lacquered-brass compound monocular microscope, signed on the draw tube R. Wasserlein Berlin , with draw tube focusing, substage condensor and plano-concave mirror, tilting via a compass joint to the U-shaped foot, with three ( of six ) numbered objectives in a leatherette-covered case, four eyepieces, and a quantity of unused glass slides, in a fitted mahogany case, the inside of the lid with a plaque for "CLARKSON'S" OPTICAL STORES 333 HIGH HOLBORN LONDON, W.C.1 -- 11¼in. (28.5cm.) wide ; and a 19th-Century lacquered-brass compound monocular microscope, signed on the foot E. Leitz Wetzlar N 53392 , with draw tube and rack and pinion focusing ( defective ) and micrometer fine adjustment, double nosepiece, substage condensor and plano-concave substage mirror, tilting via a compass joint to a U-shaped foot, with Leitz objectives 3 and 7 in signed canisters, and three eyepieces, in a fitted mahogany case, the inside of the door with a plaque for A. FRAZER OPTICIAN 22, TEVIOT PLACE EDINBURGH -- 13½in. (34.2cm.) high (2)

Auction archive: Lot number 274
Auction:
Datum:
2 Jul 2002
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
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