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Auction archive: Lot number 190

Three monocular microscopes by Ernst Leitz

Auction 01.07.2003
1 Jul 2003
Estimate
£350 - £450
ca. US$568 - US$730
Price realised:
£294
ca. US$477
Auction archive: Lot number 190

Three monocular microscopes by Ernst Leitz

Auction 01.07.2003
1 Jul 2003
Estimate
£350 - £450
ca. US$568 - US$730
Price realised:
£294
ca. US$477
Beschreibung:

Three monocular microscopes by Ernst Leitz, The first: a lacquered-brass compound monocular microscope signed on the foot E. Leitz Wetzlar N o22805 . The barrel has a graduated body-tube, a triple nosepiece, rack and pinion focusing and micrometer fine adjustment. There is a substage diaphragm and plano-concave mirror. The main column is raised on a U-shaped foot. The mahogany carrying case has one spare eyepiece, a brass carrying handle, and an ivorine plaque for FANNIN & C O 41, Grafton Street, DUBLIN . AND another signed E. Leitz Wetzlar N o124356 . The barrel has a graduated body tube, a triple nosepiece, rack and pinion focusing and micrometer fine adjustment. It is held on a curved enamelled limb from the circular stage, with substage condensor, diaphragm and plano-concave mirror. The limb tilts on an upright from the Y-shaped foot; AND another, signed E. Leitz Wetzlar N o51977 . The barrel has a graduated body-tube, rack and pinion focusing and micrometer fine adjustment. There is a plano-concave substage mirror and the instrument is raised on an enamelled and raised Y-shaped foot. (3)

Auction archive: Lot number 190
Auction:
Datum:
1 Jul 2003
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

Three monocular microscopes by Ernst Leitz, The first: a lacquered-brass compound monocular microscope signed on the foot E. Leitz Wetzlar N o22805 . The barrel has a graduated body-tube, a triple nosepiece, rack and pinion focusing and micrometer fine adjustment. There is a substage diaphragm and plano-concave mirror. The main column is raised on a U-shaped foot. The mahogany carrying case has one spare eyepiece, a brass carrying handle, and an ivorine plaque for FANNIN & C O 41, Grafton Street, DUBLIN . AND another signed E. Leitz Wetzlar N o124356 . The barrel has a graduated body tube, a triple nosepiece, rack and pinion focusing and micrometer fine adjustment. It is held on a curved enamelled limb from the circular stage, with substage condensor, diaphragm and plano-concave mirror. The limb tilts on an upright from the Y-shaped foot; AND another, signed E. Leitz Wetzlar N o51977 . The barrel has a graduated body-tube, rack and pinion focusing and micrometer fine adjustment. There is a plano-concave substage mirror and the instrument is raised on an enamelled and raised Y-shaped foot. (3)

Auction archive: Lot number 190
Auction:
Datum:
1 Jul 2003
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
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