Culpeper type microscope, unsigned, shagreen and vellum tube, with case

Made:
1720-1740 in England

English culpeper type microscope, unsigned, with shagreen and vellum tube, wooden stand, brass stage and ivory slide in oak case, 1720-1740.

Details

Category:
Microscopes
Object Number:
1918-189
Materials:
wood, brass, vellum, shagreen, ivory and complete
type:
optical instruments and microscopes
credit:
Crick, E.H.

Parts

Case for Culpeper type microscope

Case for Culpeper type microscope

Oak case for Culpeper microscope (in poor condition).

Object Number:
1918-189 Pt2
type:
case - container
Drawer from Culpeper type microscope, containing accessories

Drawer from Culpeper type microscope, containing accessories

Drawer for Culpeper microscope oak case, containing:-Eyepiece in brass mount with sliding cover, 5 objective lenses, specimen mounting tweezers, 3 damaged ivory slide mounts, glass fish plate engraved "Culpeper Londini", small internally threaded knob, a broken threaded wooden ring for a lens, and incomplete parts of a broken wooden ring.

Materials:
ivory , brass (copper, zinc alloy) , glass and oak (wood)
Object Number:
1918-189 Pt3
type:
drawer