A late 18th-Century lacquered-brass Culpeper-pattern microscope,
A late 18th-Century lacquered-brass Culpeper-pattern microscope,

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A late 18th-Century lacquered-brass Culpeper-pattern microscope,
unsigned, the eyepiece with dust slide, with draw-tube focusing, sprung-slide stage attachment, bull's-eye condenser, set of five numbered objectives, live-box, two lieberkuhn in cases, the body-tube united with the stage and mahogany plinth base with mirror and accessory drawer by moulded cabriole supports, and contained in a pyramid-shaped oak carrying case with iron lock and brass swing handle -- 16.3/8in. (42cm.) high

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