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Instrument case

1880-1920

Red leather case for glass prism

1845-1885

Brass framed repeating circle with case.

1815-1825

Sextant by Jesse Ramsden with case

1770-1775

Brass framed octant with case.

1794-1801

Decorated cylindrical instrument case

Medicine scale in fish skin case

1850-1920

Mahogany case for planimeter patented 1904 by Connolly Brothers

Dark grey fishskin case for spyglass telescope

1701-1800

Red leather case, for miniature spyglass

1801-1900

Lid only of pocket surgical instrument case

500 BCE-500 CE

Pocket surgical instrument case

500 BCE-500 CE

Wooden case with moulded bronze covering with five bronze surgical instruments

3000BCE-100CE

Spectrometer, fitted with replica of Rowlands grating

1905-1907

Leather case for glass demonstration prism

1701-1800

Leather case for cataract knives from opthalmic instrument set

1810-1850

Miniature spyglass telescope with boxwood case

1725-1735.

Case for Micromap viewer, 1995-1998

1995-1998

Accessories case for microdensitometer, 1978

1978

Box for avoirdupois weights

1588

Elaborately engraved lancet case

Mahogany box for Differential Screw Micrometer

1801-1811

Leather case for single opera glass

1800-1848

Folding opera glasses, French patent, in velvet case

1850-1950

Leather spyglass case with side-opening

1800-1817

Red leather case lined with black velvet for spyglass

1831-1900

Pocket cylindrical surgical instrument case

500 BCE-500 CE

Copy of surgical instrument box

1901-1936

Felt case for the largest of three double volvelles in brass

Instrument case, England, 1650-1700

1650-1700

Case containing lancets and knife blades

1801-1930

Twelve inch astronomical quadrant by Bird

1760-1769

Brass framed sextant with case.

1775-1782

Brass quadrant with stand and case.

1771

Prospect glass (spyglass)

1725-1735

Diamond-frame pattern sextant with case.

1845-1855

Surgical instrument case

1890-1910

Case for Bertrand type refractometer

1870-1893

Shagreen case for Volute compass

1760

Case, for four German hexagonal section measuring rods

1870-1880

Wooden thermometer case (thermometer missing)

1850-1924
Compound (two lenses) magnifying reading glass with painted silver plated brass body, in cardboard black leather covered cylindrical case, unsigned, European, 1800-1899.

Compound magnifying reading glass in leather case

1800-1899
Miniature spyglass telescope with ivory and tortoiseshell tube and incomplete (lid missing) cylindrical fishskin case, unsigned, European, 1776-1800.

Miniature spyglass telescope with cylindrical fishskin case

1776-1800
Mahogany case (lock defective) 14"x5"x8" for petrological microscope by Voigt and Hochgesang, Gottingen.

Mahogany case (lock defective) 14"x5"x8" for petrological microscope by Voigt and Hochgesang

1860-1876
Demonstration polariscope, rosewood and ivory frame and handle a with rotating mount containing six mineral crystals samples and oval red leather and wood case with velvet and silk lining, unsigned, British, 1830-1880. Once the property of Sylvanus P Thompson (1851-1916), professor of physics at the City and Guilds Technical College in Finsbury, England.

Demonstration polariscope with red leather case.

1830-1880
Gyroscopic sextant very probably made by Carl Plath, Hamburg, Germany, about 1943. Marked on the left side of the casing: Seekreiselsextant | Gerat 616-42A | Hersteller gtl. Casing of grey and black-lacquered aluminium and artificial materials, with black plastic fittings, housing optical equipment, a clockwork averaging mechanism, electrical equipment, and a rubber eyecup. Four shades, no. 2 is missing (all grey). Three batteries, of which two are incomplete (one is possibly from another instrument); a battery charger; eight spare light bulbs (2,5 volt); two blue light bulbs (110 volt), one possibly from another instrument. The bayonet handle is stored separately (hazard). In a fitted wooden carrying case containing in the lid printed handling instructions in German by the Deutsche Seewarte. The case is marked on the outside: 6380.

Aircraft gyroscopic sextant with case.

1941-1945
Small reflecting Gregorian telescope, engraved Thomas Ribright, London Fecit, Brass caps both ends. [by J Ribright, in case - see note]

Small reflecting Gregorian telescope

1735-1806
Folding opera glasses, French patent, in purple velvet case, unsigned, Europe, 1850-1950

Folding opera glasses, French patent, in velvet case

1850-1950
Brass lacquered sextant with straight-bar-pattern, 24 pillar frame, polished brass limb, wooden handle with counterbalanced tripod pillar stand and mercury artificial horizon in wooden box, all by John and Edward Troughton, 136 Fleet Street , London, England, 1790-1800. Consists of brass 127° scale (-5° to 140°) with 20’ divisions and brass vernier (10”), three index-filter shades (red & green), two horizon filters (red & green), scale magnifier on 90mm swivelling arm. Fitted with threaded telescope bracket for sighting telescope (182mm – inverted image) with 2 extra draw tubes, 131mm sighting tube and other accessories. The fitted rectangular case has in the lid the trade card for J. & E. Troughton. The artificial mercurial horizon consisting of a rectangular wooden trough fitted in a tin tray and a brass-framed, roof-shaped cover with glazed side panels, unsigned, made later, 1845-55.

Brass framed sextant with stand, artificial horizon and case.

1790-1800
Pair of pocket field binoculars, 'Trieder Binocle' model, x3 power, in velvet lined leather case, by C. P. Goerz, Berlin, Germany, 1910-1926. Supplied by W. Gregory, 51 The Strand, London. Fitted with dual lens focus and side slide intra-ocular adjustment .

Pair of field binoculars with case

1910-1926