Lot Essay
It is interesting to note a trial engraving on the base, as well as the final approved signature shown in the detail photograph.
Details
A 19th-Century lacquered-brass botanical microscope,
signed on the circular base Brooks, Ludgate Street, London, the body-tube located on an arm over the circular stage, with rack and pinion adjustment, swivel mirror, three ivory sliders and other items, with maker's trade label, in the original plush-lined leather-covered case (case defective) -- 4¾in. (12cm.) high
See Illustration and detail
signed on the circular base Brooks, Ludgate Street, London, the body-tube located on an arm over the circular stage, with rack and pinion adjustment, swivel mirror, three ivory sliders and other items, with maker's trade label, in the original plush-lined leather-covered case (case defective) -- 4¾in. (12cm.) high
See Illustration and detail