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

Made:: 1720-1740 in England

maker:: Unknown

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

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Category:: Microscopes

Object Number:: 1918-189

Materials:: wood, brass, vellum, shagreen and ivory

type:: optical instruments and microscopes

credit:: Crick, E.H.

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Culpeper type microscope, unsigned

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

Measurements:: overall: 370 x 140 mm
weight: 9kg
weight: 19.84171lbs

Materials:: vellum , shagreen , brass , ivory and wood

Object Number:: 1918-189 Pt1

type:: optical instruments and microscopes

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 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.