Compound Microscope, by John Cuff, London, c. 1745

The upright pillar and plano-concave mirror stand on a brass plate screwed to a wooden box with a drawer. The upper part of the pillar has front and rear sections. The front section is inscribed with numbers and slides vertically for focusing, operated by a rear mounted screw. The brass body tube is mounted on a bracket on the pillar and the brass eyecup has a sliding dust cover.

The accessories comprise: six objectives, a fishplate, two live boxes, stage forceps, a lieberkuhn, a lieberkuhn carrier, a mounting for accessoies and a ivory talc box.