Culpeper-Type Microscope with Case and Accessories, English, Late 18th Century

Culpeper-Type Microscope with Case and Accessories.

This copper alloy instrument stands on a box base with a concave mirror mounted at its centre. Three scrolled legs support the circular stage and body. The stage has a keyhole slot and a pinhole for accessories. The body consists of a draw tube that pushes into a cylinder fixed to the legs. The tube has an eyecup, with a sliding dust cover, that screws over the eye lens, and a field lens. The nose has an internal thread for objectives. The base has a drawer containing six objectives, a Lieberkühn and its carrier, a cone condenser, four ivory sliders and three glass slides. The pyramid case is mahogany.