Boxfoot microscope with black leather and pasteboard body tube

Made:
1771-1800 in France
maker:
Unknown
Boxfoot microscope with black leather and pasteboard body tube

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Boxfoot microscope with black leather and pasteboard body tube
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Boxfoot microscope with black leather and pasteboard body tube, possibly French, late 18th century

Details

Category:
Microscopy (Wellcome)
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A604153
Materials:
body tube, pasteboard, body tube, leather, black and body tube, lignum vitae
Measurements:
overall: height 252 mm
body tube: diameter 30 mm
type:
boxfoot microscopes
credit:
Pratt