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THB19th C. English Brass Microscope w/ Orig. Wooden Box
Lot 121
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Western Europe, probably England, ca. early 19th century CE. A beautiful brass monocular microscope with arching leg supports connected to a wide-flaring base. The instrument is composed of a cylindrical support column with a pair of adjustment wheels, a rectangular slide platform with a thin clamp arm above and a mirrored lens below, an ox-bone-capped adjustment handle, and a maneuverable hemispherical lens attached to the base. The microscope is stored within a hand-carved wooden travel box of a dark brown hue with three removable drawers, each with ox bone handles. Included in the drawers are six glass slide panels, an ox-bone-capped needle, three additional glass and brass lenses, a perforated metal component, and an openwork reflection lens. A brass panel on the verso reads "A Haigh Maker Huddersfield." Size (microscope w/ lens fully retracted): 8.125" L x 8" W x 12.5" H (20.6 cm x 20.3 cm x 31.8 cm); size (wooden case): 12.75" L x 11.75" W x 19.5" H (32.4 cm x 29.8 cm x 49.5 cm).
Provenance: ex-Davis collection, Houston, Texas, acquired before 2013 from various auction houses in London and New York
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#138766Microscope has surface wear and abrasions commensurate with age and use, some scratches to metal components, light clouding to lenses and some glass components, and some loosening to tube and external instruments. Wooden box has surface wear and minor nicks as well as a few stable hairline fissures.Condition
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