Wilson-type screw-barrel microscope with compound body, fitted to tripod stand with folding feet, by Edmund Culpeper, London, 1725-1735. No case or fittings. Plane and concave mirror fits on leg. Part missing from back of other mirror on articulated arm
Details
- Category:
- Microscopes
- Object Number:
- 1925-127
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy), metal, ivory, glass and iron
- Measurements:
-
overall: 240 mm x 220 mm x 170 mm, , .435kg
- type:
- microscope
- credit:
- Stevens's Auction Rooms Ltd.
