English, c. 1840, signed to the body tube ‘CARPENTER & WESTLEY 24 Regent Street, LONDON’. The microscope stands on a heavy cast iron flat tripod base with a tall pillar supporting the microscope below the stage on a compass-type joint, at the base is a plano-concave mirror in a gimbal, the stage is large with a sliding slide rest, body tube with course focus to the side with fine focus to the nosepiece, accessories in bottom drawer include, a Hugh Powell style 1in objective, can and leiberkuhn, a 1/4in French style objective, an inverted 1 1/2in objective, an inverted 2in objective, a medium power eyepiece, a 1/200in brass micrometer slide, a live box and other items, a large table bulls-eye condenser, in a mahogany case with a brass handle engraved ‘Homble, B. B. Morton’.
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This model of microscope is associated with Powell & Lealand and known as the ‘Iron Stand’. It would appear that Powell & Lealand made this instrument to be retailed by Carpenter & Westly. The 1in objective is to Hugh Powell’s early design as are the stage forceps.