Accession No

0117

Brief Description

cabinet of microscope slides; 1830 - 1840

Origin

Maker

Class

microscopes

Earliest Date

1830

Latest Date

1840

Inscription Date

Material

wood (mahogany, ebony); glass; wax (sealing wax)

Dimensions

height 252mm; breadth 201mm; depth 177mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple from J. Whitaker, Cambridge, on 02/08/1923.

Inscription

Description Notes

Mahogany case with hinged door; inlaid square on top and door; seven drawers with turned ebony handles each fitted to contain 2 rows of 18 slides; glass slides with home mounted pathological preparations. Set of 14 commercial slides of timber sections. Sealed between seals of equal thickness with sealing wax typical of 1830-40.
Group of uncovered sections on irregularly sized glass slides.

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