Boxfoot Culpeper microscope

Boxfoot Culpeper microscope

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Boxfoot Culpeper microscope
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Boxfoot Culpeper microscope, with startling turquoise leather cover to body tube and support, in pyramidal case, German, circa 1800

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Category:
Microscopy (Wellcome)
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A645020
Materials:
body tube, wood, body tube, leather, turquoise, cover and body tube, brass, cap
Measurements:
overall: height 370 mm
body tube: diameter 57 mm
type:
culpeper microscopes