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Auction archive: Lot number 504

A rare mid 19th-Century English lacquered-brass compound monocular microscope

Auction 11.04.2002
11 Apr 2002
Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$2,163 - US$2,885
Price realised:
£1,645
ca. US$2,372
Auction archive: Lot number 504

A rare mid 19th-Century English lacquered-brass compound monocular microscope

Auction 11.04.2002
11 Apr 2002
Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$2,163 - US$2,885
Price realised:
£1,645
ca. US$2,372
Beschreibung:

A rare mid 19th-Century English lacquered-brass compound monocular microscope, signed on the triangular foot Will m Ladd Penton Place, WALWORTH. , with unusual chain-drive focusing and micrometer fine adjustment, the mechanical stage stamped REGISTERED N o 2809 , with plano-concave substage mirror, tilting through an axis on two upright supports over the flat triangular foot, with two eyepieces, 1/6in., ½in. and 1½in. objectives, two prism attachments, stage forceps, two further sets of forceps, sixteen amateur slide preparations and a large bull's-eye condensor, in the original fitted mahogany case with two drawers and a brass carrying handle and key -- 15¾in. (40cm.) high See Colour Illustration and Details

Auction archive: Lot number 504
Auction:
Datum:
11 Apr 2002
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

A rare mid 19th-Century English lacquered-brass compound monocular microscope, signed on the triangular foot Will m Ladd Penton Place, WALWORTH. , with unusual chain-drive focusing and micrometer fine adjustment, the mechanical stage stamped REGISTERED N o 2809 , with plano-concave substage mirror, tilting through an axis on two upright supports over the flat triangular foot, with two eyepieces, 1/6in., ½in. and 1½in. objectives, two prism attachments, stage forceps, two further sets of forceps, sixteen amateur slide preparations and a large bull's-eye condensor, in the original fitted mahogany case with two drawers and a brass carrying handle and key -- 15¾in. (40cm.) high See Colour Illustration and Details

Auction archive: Lot number 504
Auction:
Datum:
11 Apr 2002
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
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