Museum microscope by T. Winter of 9 New Bond Street

Made:
1794-1849 in London
maker:
Thomas Winter

Museum microscope by T. Winter of 9 New Bond Street, with accessories, in mahogany case with lock and key

Details

Category:
Microscopes
Object Number:
1913-280
Materials:
brass, ivory, glass, mahogany and metal
Measurements:
case, overall: 299 x 157 x 132 mm
microscope with compound body, approx: 270 x 115 mm
type:
museum microscope
credit:
Thomas H. Court

Parts

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Museum microscope by Thomas Winter, 1810

Museum microscope by Thomas Winter of 9 New Bond Street, London, England, c. 1810

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Possibly invented as a special commission, Thomas Winter's "museum microscope" demonstrates academic and scientific interest within upper-class wealth and culture.

Functionality is combined with elegance of design, with interesting specimens set into a rotating ivory mount. The microscope is therefore a "museum" of specimens, with a collection that can be easily viewed again and again.

Measurements:
overall: 260 mm x x , 110 mm, .735kg
Materials:
copper (alloy) , glass and ivory
Object Number:
1913-280 Pt1
type:
museum microscope
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Case for Winter's museum microscope

Case for Winter's museum microscope

Mahogany case for museum microscope by T. Winter of 9 New Bond Street, with lock and key, and with internal drawer containing simple microscope body (not a correct fit), live box (one glass face concave, one plane), ivory disc (blackened one side), concave lens, glass disc, brush, ivory container with mica slide cover discs (talcs) in one end and retaining springs for them in the other, and list of specimens.

Materials:
mahogany and felt
Object Number:
1913-280 Pt2
type:
instrument case
Case for Winter's museum microscope

Case for Winter's museum microscope

Mahogany case for museum microscope by T. Winter of 9 New Bond Street, with lock and key, and with internal drawer containing simple microscope body (not a correct fit), live box (one glass face concave, one plane), ivory disc (blackened one side), concave lens, glass disc, brush, ivory container with mica slide cover discs (talcs) in one end and retaining springs for them in the other, and list of specimens.

Materials:
mahogany and felt
Object Number:
1913-280 Pt2/1
type:
instrument case
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
1913-280 Pt2
Wooden piece part of case for Winter's museum microscope

Wooden piece part of case for Winter's museum microscope

Wooden piece part of mahogany case for museum microscope by T. Winter

Measurements:
overall: 100 mm
Materials:
mahogany and felt
Object Number:
1913-280 Pt2/2
type:
instrument case
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
1913-280 Pt2

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