Screw-barrel MIcroscope by Edmund Culpeper, 1728-1730

Microscope, Wilson-type screw-barrel microscope, signed, made by Edmund Culpeper (active 1700-1737) about 1728-1730, four objective lenses with ivory covers, two objective lenses without covers, specimen holder (marked E.C./fecit), ivory-cased magnifying lens, ivory box containing mica slipcovers, small ivory handle (broken off) [shagreen case, two glass test tubes, four ivory slides with leather case and brass specimen slide are missing]