Accession No

0201

Brief Description

lucernal microscope; made by W & S Jones; circa 1800

Origin

30 Holborn; London; England

Maker

W & S Jones

Class

microscopes

Earliest Date

1800

Latest Date

1800

Inscription Date

Material

glass; ivory; metal (brass); wood

Dimensions

microscope length 720mm; breadth 210mm; height 330mm microscope slide case length 113mm; breadth 36mm; thickness 25mm; overall length of base 620mm; total length with eye guide and condenser bar 985mm.

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple. The price included a commission to T.H. Court. This object was part of the Crisp Collection, and was sold as Lot 365 at the auction of this collection held on 17/02/1925 at the Steven’s Auction Rooms.

Inscription

“W & S JONES, /30 Holborn London”

Description Notes

Pyramidal shaped box mounted on 2 brass pillars to a wooden stand; stand slides into groove in top of wooden case; brass draw tubes screw to base and carry brass “eye guide”; wooden slide; ground glass slide; sliding cover gives access to these two; large lens at the end of wooden box; brass object holder at opposite end of box; translucent object stage mounted on pillar and plate which slides within brass groove and is controlled by knurled screw and long brass rod; Bonnani type stage; two wooden handled rods control vertical and horizontal movement of stage on a vertical brass plate; brass horizontal bar carries 2 condensers. Drawer fits into base of box; 9 objectives; 9 opaque slides; frog plate; stage forceps; glass tubes and watch glasses; 3 boxwood slides; ivory talc and ring box; brass trough with spring; box of 12 4-object ivory slides numbered “1-12”. 6 loose 4 object ivory slides; brass live slide.

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