Nuremberg-type toy drum compound microscope
Datecirca 1820
Inventory Number1155
ClassificationMicroscope
Subject
Maker
I. M.
circa 1820
User
Warren Anatomical Museum
founded 1847
Collector
Harold C. Ernst
1856 - 1922
Cultural Region
Dimensions24.5 × 7 × 6.3 cm (9 5/8 × 2 3/4 × 2 1/2 in.)
Material
AccessoriesTwo wooden slides with 6 positions and cardboard sheaths.
DescriptionThis toy microscope has a wooden box that serves as the base and a large window to expose the substage flat mirror to light. Two slits, one on each side of the box, are used to hold the slide. The body tube is made of pasteboard covered with pebbled leather or paper. It is green. It is fixed to the top of the box with a wood collar. The lower end is a wooden nosepiece with the objective lens. Two draw tubes are made of pasteboard covered with decorated paper that has a red and green geometrical pattern. There are wooden collars on the tubes. The biconvex lens is held in place by a threaded wood cell. There is a screw-on dust cap. Focus is by draw tube.
The microscope comes with two wooden slides with 6 positions and cardboard sheaths of decorated paper.
The microscope is signed on the underside of the base with a branding iron, "I M."
There is a 19th century paper sticker on the side inked "155."
The microscope comes with two wooden slides with 6 positions and cardboard sheaths of decorated paper.
The microscope is signed on the underside of the base with a branding iron, "I M."
There is a 19th century paper sticker on the side inked "155."
Signedon underside: I M
Curatorial RemarksSame brand on Nurembergs 1050 and 2002-1-0062. See separate file on Nuremberg ("toy") microscopes.
ProvenanceWarren Anatomical Museum (inv. no. M5643), Harvard Medical School; Ernst-Lewis Collection of Microscopes (inv. no. 155), Harvard Medical School.
Date: circa 1820
Accessories: wood slide
Object number: 1176
I. M.
Date: circa 1820
Accessories: wooden slide with 6 positions
Object number: 1050
Hugh Powell
Date: 1841
Accessories: oculars (2); objectives (3): 1/2, 1/8, 1/4 with attachable Lieberkühn; stage slide holder; stage fish plate holder; X-Y mechanical stage; fish plate; prepared slides (2); plain glass slides (2) and cover slips (2); box of cover slips; sponge; cotton bag; folding scalpel; fish plate; mount for stage forceps; fishhook; assorted hardware; case
Object number: 1164
R. & J. Beck
Date: 1876
Accessories: Beck patent substage condenser (1122c); apertometer (1122d)
Object number: 1122b
George Sterrop
Date: circa 1737
Accessories: 4 objective lenses: 1, 3, 4, 5, and cap for 2; opaque attachment; forceps; box with 5 ivory sildes and brass slide for wet preparations; flat case.
Object number: 1062a
Albert Nestler GmbH
Date: circa 1960
Accessories: cardboard sheaths for each guide; clear or blue clear plastic cases for each pen; black, rubber coated pen holder
Object number: 2000-1-0031
Bernard Davis
Date: circa 1869
Accessories: telescope / microscope eyepiece; telescope field lens and solar eyepiece; case; instruction sheet.
Object number: 1232
Bernard Davis
Date: circa 1869
Accessories: telescope / microscope eyepiece; microscope objective; solar telescope eyepiece; glass discs (4); horizontal case
Object number: 1254
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr
Date: circa 1867
Accessories: 3 Tolles oculars (low power, 30.1 mm O.D.; medium power, 30.1 mm O.D., solid front with scale, single eye lens; high power, 24.7 mm O.D., single front, solid eye lens); 1 ocular (without a lens) ; 1 objective (without a lens).
Object number: 1028
E. Hartnack & A. Prazmowski
Date: 1874-1881
Accessories: objectives in box (3): 7, 9, convertible 4; oculars (4): 2, 3, 4, 5; bull's eye lens; cup diaphragms (3); dissecting needles (3); case; key.
Object number: 1195
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