An early 19th-Century lacquered-brass botanical microscope,
An early 19th-Century lacquered-brass botanical microscope,

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An early 19th-Century lacquered-brass botanical microscope,
unsigned, the square-section pillar with sliding stage focusing, the shaped stage with slide holder, with specimen forceps, the objective lenses secured to an arm mounted on an oval stepped ebonised base with swivel mirror, when dismantled contained in a fitted mahogany case -- 4.5/8in. (11.8cm.) wide

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