Eyepiece for Compound Microscope, German or French?, c. 1800-25

Subject: Microscopy
Item type: Object
Provenance: Purchased from Dr. Reginald S. Clay with his collection. Formerly in Crisp Collection No. 535.
Primary inscriptions: None
Physical material: Glass; Copper alloy; Fe alloy
Dimensions: Diameter: 21mm Height: 9mm Weight: 8g
Inventory No: 48352
Accession Number: 1944-1/308

Description

Eyepiece lens with a sliding dust cover, screws into walnut body tube of Compound Microscope.