A 19th-Century lacquered-brass Cary-type simple microscope,

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A 19th-Century lacquered-brass Cary-type simple microscope,
unsigned, with rack and pinion adjustment for the stage to provide focusing, sprung stage, with four objectives, live-box, three ivory sliders, swivel mirror, bull's-eye condenser, talc box, forceps, sheet of instructions for use, with engraved plate, and list of objects contained on the ivory sliders, in fitted mahogany case, the lid with brass mounting ferrule -- 6½in. (16.5cm.) wide

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