Accession No

4153

Brief Description

three knives in three boxes for small sliding microtomes, by Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd., English, 1935

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd.

Class

laboratory apparatus; biology; microscopes

Earliest Date

1935

Latest Date

1935

Inscription Date

Material

metal (steel, brass, white metal); wood (mahogany; one other); cloth (felt, velvet, satin); hide (leather)

Dimensions

knife length 120mm; breadth 27mm; thickness 8mm 2 boxes length 136mm; breadth 55mm; height 26mm 1 box length 174mm; breadth 74mm; height 37mm

Special Collection

Cambridge Instrument Company Collection

Provenance

Donated by the Cambridge Instrument Company.

Inscription

‘C.I.Co. Ltd.’ (back of each knife)

Description Notes

3 small microtome knives in three different boxes, each cut at an angle of 22˚; each with top plate which can be secure in place with 2 white metal screws (one missing for 4153a). 4153a and 4153c housed in fitted wooden boxes covered with leather and lined with black velvet and black satin; brass clip fastener. 4153b housed in fitted mahogany box with brass hinges and hook fasteners, partially lined with green felt.

Condition good; complete.

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