Accession No

1892

Brief Description

frog (fish) plate, attributed to Edmund Culpeper, English, circa 1725

Origin

England [based on attributed maker]

Maker

Culpeper, Edmund [attributed]

Class

microscopes

Earliest Date

1725

Latest Date

1725

Inscription Date

Material

glass

Dimensions

length 138mm; breadth 47mm

Special Collection

Heywood collection

Provenance

From the H. Heywood Collection.

Inscription

‘This Glasse is to Lay a Fish on to See ye Circulation of ye Blod, ye Animaloula in Liquids or any Transparent objects etc’

Description Notes

Glass plate with ground edges; 3 concentric circles engraved at one end, max diameter: 30 mm. Inscription roughly scratched around the edge

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