A Nuremberg-pattern screw-barrel microscope, with turned wood and ivory eyepiece cover, wood eyepiece and body, on circular base supported by three turned brass pillars on circular base with ivory-framed mirror -- 9in.(23cm.)high, with two eyepieces, tweezers and five ivory sliders (four in red leather case), all in pyramid-shaped case with drawer

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A Nuremberg-pattern screw-barrel microscope, with turned wood and ivory eyepiece cover, wood eyepiece and body, on circular base supported by three turned brass pillars on circular base with ivory-framed mirror -- 9in.(23cm.)high, with two eyepieces, tweezers and five ivory sliders (four in red leather case), all in pyramid-shaped case with drawer

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