Nuremburg microscope with boxfoot
- Made:
- 1780-1820
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Nuremburg microscope with boxfoot, branded "JFF" in heart shape on drawer base, German, late 18th or early 19th century
Details
- Category:
- Microscopy (Wellcome)
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A121793
- Materials:
- lenses, glass, draw tube, pasteboard, draw tube, pine, eyecup, walnut, dark stained, tube collars & nose, walnut, dark stained, pillar, walnut, dark stained and base & drawer, pine
- Measurements:
-
eye lens: diameter 19 mm
field lens: diameter 30 mm
body tube: length 220 mm
pillar: height 310 mm
base: length 186 mm
base: width 140 mm
base: height 61 mm
overall: height 435 mm
- type:
- nuremburg microscopes
- credit:
- Hamonic Collection
