Accession No

5849

Brief Description

lens accessory, ‘Zeichenokular’, by Ernst Leitz, German, 1/2 20th Century

Origin

Germany; Wetzlar

Maker

Ernst Leitz

Class

microscopes

Earliest Date

1900

Latest Date

1950

Inscription Date

Material

metal (white metal, steel); wood; glass; textile (satin, velvet, cloth); hide (leather)

Dimensions

length 74mm x width 53mm x height 45mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Donated on or before 23/10/2001.

Inscription

On lens: E. Leitz
Wetzlar
On box: ZEICHENOKULAR.
E. Leitz. Wetzlar

Description Notes

‘Zeichenokular’ lens accessory by E. Leitz Wetzlar

Cloth covered box with brown leather topped lid inscribed with gold lettering. Inside the box is lined with purple velvet and the inside of the lid lined with pink satin. The box contains a predominantly white metal lens accessory. The black painted metal eye-piece is inscribed with ‘E. Leitz Wetzlar’ below which is mounted a glass prism with two sliding dark filters.

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