A 19th-Century lacquered-brass compound monocular microscope,
A 19th-Century lacquered-brass compound monocular microscope,

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A 19th-Century lacquered-brass compound monocular microscope,
signed on the Y-shaped stand J.B. Dancer Optician Manchester, the body-tube with rack and pinion focusing and fine adjustment, with limb and stage raised on twin tapering pillar supports, the lower limb with plano-concave mirror, with a quantity of accessories, including a bull's-eye condenser, polarising attachment, forceps, tweezers, lieberkuhn, live-box and other items, in fitted mahogany case with maker's trade label and brass carrying handle -- 14in. (37.5cm.) high

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