Lot Essay
Peter Dollond b.1730-d.1820, probably produced this microscope in the late 18th/early 19th Century though it may have been made by his nephew George who worked with his firm from 1788.
Details
A rare early 19th Century lacquered brass chest microscope, signed Dollond London, the body tube with graduated nosepiece, rack and pinion focusing, cruciform stage, mirror on swing arm, the square faced pillar with compass joint, with accessories including six numbered objectives, eight small bone slides, three large, brass cased lieberkuhn, live box, sprung stage, fishplate, bone talc box, stage forceps, in fitted mahogany case - 11½in.wide