Accession No

0181

Brief Description

compound microscope; made by Krunes Freres; circa 1830

Origin

Quai de L’horloge; Paris; France

Maker

Krunes Freres

Class

microscopes

Earliest Date

1830

Latest Date

1830

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, gold); wood; glass; cloth (silk, leather)

Dimensions

box length 151mm; breadth 120mm; height 67mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple from R. Middegaels, Paris, France, on 13/11/1924.

Inscription

‘Krune Freres
Quai de l’horloge a Paris’

Description Notes

Triangular section pillar screws into lid of box; swinging concave mirror fits to base of pillar (mount broken); stage support moved by blued steel screw with brass knurled head; circular stage with spring clip; lens holder at head of pillar; tapered compound body with field lens and screw thread for objectives; brass collar and eyepiece; 3 objectives which combine; stage forceps; ivory 5-object slide; tweezers; swinging condenser lens.
Wooden box (with [birds-eye] maple veneer) lined with silk and leather with fitted leather tray with gold tooling.

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