Gould type microscope

Made:: 1837-1851 in Dublin

maker:: Saunderson Spear

SMG00030920
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Gould type microscope, in case by S. Spear, Dublin, Ireland, mid 19th century.

Details

Category:: Microscopy (Wellcome)

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A76118

Materials:: body tube, brass (nickelled), pillar, brass (nickelled), stage, brass (nickelled), box, mahogany, box, velvet, blue, lining in lid and lenses, glass

Measurements:: overall: height 200 mm, body tube: length 73 mm, pillar to top of locket: height 68 mm, box: height 50 mm, box: length 146 mm, box: width 137 mm

type:: gould microscopes

credit:: Stevens's Auction Rooms Ltd.

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