Accession No

0144

Brief Description

compound microscope, side pillar type, attributed to Mann and Ayscough, English, 1743 - 1747

Origin

England; London [based on attributed maker]

Maker

Mann and Ayscough [attributed]

Class

microscopes

Earliest Date

1743

Latest Date

1747

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass); glass; ivory; wood (mahogany)

Dimensions

box length 295mm; breadth 165mm; height 128mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple from T.H. Court on 18/04/1924. From the accession register, it would appear that Whipple had been told, or believed, that it was manufactured by Mann & Ayscough, c. 1749.

Inscription

Description Notes

Brass; small cast brass base slides onto shoe on the lid of the box; single rectangular column; scroll brace; swinging plano/concave mirror on sliding shoe; stage with two lugs pierced for stage forceps etc., on sliding shoe with long screw focus; arm at the head of the pillar with socket; push-fit body; snout; graduated 2-6; column graduated 1-6; screw fit collar; field lens collar; screw fit eyepiece; dust cover; six objectives; lieberkuhn in brass box; lieberkuhn holder; stop; stage forceps; three 4-object ivory slides; bonnani stage; fitted mahogany box.

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