Portable Microscope Kit in Fitted Case with Accessories, Dollond,19th Century

Portable Microscope Kit in fitted case with Accessories, Dollond, 19th Century. The copper alloy body tube holds four lenses and the lower, narrow section of the body has an external thread to take objectives. The body is supported by a ring on an arm attached to the top of the square cross sectioned pillar. The cruciform stage has a recessed stage hole, a pinhole, two slots for accessories and two spring clips, shaped to hold glass phials, are attached to the underside. The stage is mounted on a sleeve and can be racked up and down, for focusing. A pivoting arm holds the mount for the plano-concave mirror. The pillar is mounted on a cradle joint on the inside the case and folds flat when not in use. A section of the side of the case folds out when the instrument is raised. The accessories present are five objectives, a spring stage, a copper alloy substage cone, a live box, stage forceps, a Lieberkühn, a Lieberkühn carrier, a glass disk two lenses in a threaded setting, an ivory talc box with talc, pill box containing cover slips, a copper alloy arm, hand forceps, a glass phial, a fishplate with a green ribbon, and a superstage bull's-eye lens on long copper alloy pin and swivelling arm. The case is mahogany and the supports are faced with green felt.