Sold for:
$2,468
$2,468
Folding Microscope by Gilbert & Sons, London, 1806-7, of lacquered-brass, with makers' signature on the main leg and retailers' signature on folding leg E. & W. Smith, Liverpool , tapering body tube, objective wheel, circular stage, rack-and-pinion focusing and plano/concave reflector, mounted by compass joint to folding tripod foot, ht. 10 1/2 in., with fish plate, forceps, live box, two lieberkuhn and eight ivory sliders, in plush-lined fitted fishskin-covered case, wd. 7 3/4 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2002-10-27
