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Leather case for cataract knives from opthalmic instrument set

1810-1850

Sextant by Jesse Ramsden with case

1770-1775

Brass framed octant with case.

1794-1801

Brass framed repeating circle with case.

1815-1825

Wooden case with moulded bronze covering with five bronze surgical instruments

3000BCE-100CE

Spectrometer, fitted with replica of Rowlands grating

1905-1907

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

Instrument case

1880-1920

Red leather case for glass prism

1845-1885

Leather case for glass demonstration prism

1701-1800

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

Shagreen case for Volute compass

1760

Mahogany box for Differential Screw Micrometer

1801-1811

Felt case for the largest of three double volvelles in brass

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

Elaborately engraved lancet case

Leather case for single opera glass

1800-1848

Folding opera glasses, French patent, in velvet case

1850-1950

Red leather case lined with black velvet for spyglass

1831-1900

Leather spyglass case with side-opening

1800-1817

Pocket cylindrical surgical instrument case

500 BCE-500 CE

Copy of surgical instrument box

1901-1936

Instrument case, England, 1650-1700

1650-1700

Surgical instrument case

1890-1910

Case for Bertrand type refractometer

1870-1893

Case, for four German hexagonal section measuring rods

1870-1880

Wooden thermometer case (thermometer missing)

1850-1924
Case for two Chinese bronze "Foot" (Chi'h) mesures, period of "Warring States", B.C.500-B.C.250.

Case for two Chinese bronze "Foot" (Chi'h) mesures

1930-1938
Clock, recording, box, instr. case

Recording clock

1901-2000
Folding opera glasses, French patent, in purple velvet case, unsigned, Europe, 1850-1950

Folding opera glasses, French patent, in velvet case

1850-1950
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
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
Single Opera Glass by Chevalier, with helical focussing, in leather case, Chevalier family, France, 1800-1848.

Single Opera Glass by Chevalier

1800-1848
Large brass framed hand magnifying glass with 12-inch focal length (305mm), in tooled leather case case (incomplete - lid missing), unsigned, German, 1700-1750.

Brass magnifying glass in leather case

1750-1750
Hand-held Asterioscope in brass mount in red leather morocco case, by Murray and Heath, 43 Piccadilly, London, England, 1850-1880. Consists of fine diffraction grating rulings on glass in rotating frame, thought to be an optical toy in the manner of the kaleidoscope.

Asterioscope in leather case

1850-1880