Microscope, Field, & Slides w/Orig Box
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Description: 1. Pocket or field microscope constructed of brass having two glass lenses, c 1880.2. Cased set of five slides mounted on glass within an ivory slab, circa 1880.The slides were likely acquired separately from the scope.
History: Coddington-Style Portable Simple Microscope - Generally composed of brass, ebony, and glass, portable simple microscopes were popular with physicians, field botanists and were often a centerpiece in the Victorian parlors of Europe and North America before the turn of the nineteenth century.
Provenance: N/A
Dimensions: Weight (Pounds & Ounces) = 0.125 | Height(in) = 3.5 | Width(in) = 2 | Depth(in) = 1
Size of Artwork(in): See description
Artist Name: Unknown
Medium: Brass, ivory
Circa: C. 1880
History: Coddington-Style Portable Simple Microscope - Generally composed of brass, ebony, and glass, portable simple microscopes were popular with physicians, field botanists and were often a centerpiece in the Victorian parlors of Europe and North America before the turn of the nineteenth century.
Provenance: N/A
Dimensions: Weight (Pounds & Ounces) = 0.125 | Height(in) = 3.5 | Width(in) = 2 | Depth(in) = 1
Size of Artwork(in): See description
Artist Name: Unknown
Medium: Brass, ivory
Circa: C. 1880
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Very good, no issues.
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Microscope, Field, & Slides w/Orig Box
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