Accession No

0254

Brief Description

compound microscope; made by Soleil; 1827 - 1849

Origin

Rue de l’Odéon; Paris; France

Maker

Soleil

Class

microscopes

Earliest Date

1827

Latest Date

1849

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, oxidised brass, steel); wood; glass; cloth (silk, velvet); fishskin (shagreen)

Dimensions

case length 129mm; breadth 50mm; height 33mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple from T. H. Court on 22/12/1925. It formerly belonged to the Crisp Collection.

Inscription

‘SOLEIL’ (base of side pillar)
‘Soleil
rue de l’Odéon
PARIS’ (in lid of box)

Description Notes

Cylindrical brass body with tapered nose; screw-fit eyepiece and 3 objective lenses which combine; side pillar with oxidised brass green finish casing, to stage with steel spring clips; knurled screw moves stage for focusing.
Fitted wooden box lined with purple velvet and silk and covered with black shagreen.

Condition: good.

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