A CULPEPER TYPE BRASS MICROSCOPE

A CULPEPER TYPE BRASS MICROSCOPE

BY DOLLAND, LONDON, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

the tube body with 'S' scroll supports to the circular platform, inscribed 'Dolland London', and with an adjustable mirror hinged on a pair of uprights, on a stepped mahogany foot with a single drawer containing four additional lenses and three prepared bone slides, the fitted pyramidal case with a drawer containing other accessories

46cm high

Catalogue Note

Edward Culpeper (1670-1737) developed this style of microscope around 1728 and it proved so popular that versions were made by many other instrument makers throughout the 18th and 19th centuries.