Nuremburg drum microscope with "JFF" in heart shape branded on base

Made:: 1780-1820 in Germany

Nuremburg drum microscope with JFF' in heart shape branded on
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Nuremburg drum microscope with "JFF" in heart shape branded on base, German, circa 1800

Details

Category:: Microscopy (Wellcome)

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A121456

Materials:: nose & tube collars, walnut, eyecup & dust caps, walnut, draw tube, pasteboard, draw tube, beech, stand, oak and lenses, glass

Measurements:: eye lens: diameter 19 mm
field lens: diameter 26 mm
objective: diameter 9 mm
body tube: length 187 mm
stand: height 119 mm
base: length 65 mm
base: width 63 mm
overall: height 249 mm

type:: nuremburg microscopes

credit:: Hamonic Collection

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