Accession No

6585

Brief Description

botanist’s field set, satchel containing field equipment, English, 2/2 20th century

Origin

England; Cornwall; and other

Maker

Swift and Son other

Class

natural history; biology

Earliest Date

1959

Latest Date

1980

Inscription Date

Material

leather; wood (mahogany?, other); paper (card, paper); glass; plastic; metal (brass, steel other); cloth (canvas, felt?)

Dimensions

6585.1: 320mm (width) x 260mm (height) x 170mm (depth) 6585.2: 235mm (width) x 180mm (height) x 85mm (depth) 6585.3: 95mm (width) x 22mm (height) x 63mm (depth) 6585.4: 60mm (height) x 80mm (width) x 28mm (depth) 6585.5: 60mm (height) x 80mm (width) x 28mm (depth) 6585.6: 60mm (height) x 37mm (width) x 37mm (depth) 6585.7: 55mm (height) x 32mm (width) x 32mm (width) 6585.8: 77mm (height) x 34mm (width) x 34mm (width) 6585.9: 65mm (height x 104mm (width) x 7mm (depth) 6585.10: 200mm (height) x 102mm (width) x 10mm (depth) 6585.11: 183mm (height) x 125mm (width) x 8mm (depth) 6585.12: 186mm (height) x 130mm (width) x 23mm (depth)

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Charles Miller Ltd, Suite 6, 3/11 Imperial Rd., London, SW6 ZAG on or before 14/11/2014.

Inscription

6585.1: N/A
6585.2: N/A
6585.3: N/A
6585.4: 2951B/76x26/0.8-1.0mm 50PCS
6585.5: 2951B/76x26/0.8-1.0mm 50PCS
6585.6: N/A
6585.7: Brunel Micro Ltd. NUMOUNT Canada Balsam Substitute
6585.8: N/A
6585.9: N/A
6585.10: BARTHOLEMEW’S REVISED “HALF-INCH” CONTOURED MAPS
6585.11: WILD FLOWERS OF THE CHALK
6585.12: Common Objects of the Microscope

Description Notes

Botanist’s field set, satchel containing field equipment, English, 2/2 C20th.

6585.1: Leather satchel with two side pockets that can be sealed with a buckle, and two larger front pockets, one which can zip up. Strap can be adjusted in length with 5 holes to adjust the buckle. One key for 6585.2 inside the bag, one on the strap.
Good condition, some marks and scratches to leather.

6585.2: Portable microscope by Swift & Son. Box is fitted with accessories including slide-making set, scalpel, tweezers, brush, pencil, clippers, brown glass dropper bottle, magnifying glass and stick. Lockable (box does not shut unless locked); two keys - one is attached to keyring on the left side of strap of bag, one is inside the bag.
Good/fair condition. Some scratches to box, microscope is tarnished with some condition, as are the items inside the box.

6585.3: Slide making set. Wooden box, contains unused slides, separated by tissue, and strips of blue paper. Lid is lined with green felt. Seals with metal clip.
Good condition.

6585.4: Box of spare slides. 76x26mm, 0.8-1.0mm deep. White cardboard box labelled ‘2951B/76x26/0.8-1.0mm 50PCS’.

6585.5: Box of spare cavity slides. 76x26mm, 1.0-1.2mm deep. White cardboard box. White cardboard box labelled ‘2951B/76x26/0.8-1.0mm 50PCS’.

6585.6: Glass bottle filled with milky white liquid. White plastic lid.
Good condition.

6585.7: Glass bottle half full of Canada Balsam substitute ‘Numount’; contents have solidified. Black plastic lid. Label reads: ‘Brunel Micro Ltd. NUMOUNT Canada Balsam Substitute’.
Good condition.

6585.8: Empty glass bottle, no lid. Has plain label on side.
Good condition.

6585.9: Parabolic light reflector (?)
Good condition.

6585.10: Map of Cornwall. Bartholemew’s Revised ‘Half-Inch’ Contoured Maps. Canvas backed. Published by Edinburgh Geographical Institute, 1959
Good/fair condition. Canvas is fraying slightly in places, folds of map feel slightly fragile - holes in where folds cross.

6585.11: Copy of Wild Flowers of the Chalk, by John Gilmour, (London: King Penguin Books, 1947). With 24 colour plates, by Irene Hawkins.
Good condition.

6585.12: Copy of Routledge’s Common Objects of the Microscope, by Reverend J. G. Wood (London), from Routledge’s Popular Science Library. With colour plates by Edmund Evans. Undated.
Good condition.

Condition: good, complete.

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