toy drum compound microscope
Date1850-1890
Inventory Number1332
ClassificationMicroscope
Subject
Maker
English
Maker
French
Maker
Wilhelm Sattler
1784 - 1859
Collector
Harold C. Ernst
1856 - 1922
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensionsmicroscope: 15.4 × 4.8 × 4.6 cm (6 1/16 × 1 7/8 × 1 13/16 in.)
case: 5.4 × 16.6 × 6.8 cm (2 1/8 × 6 9/16 × 2 11/16 in.)
case: 5.4 × 16.6 × 6.8 cm (2 1/8 × 6 9/16 × 2 11/16 in.)
Material
Accessoriesocular; objective; tweezers; upholstery needle; glass slides (2); 1 prepared slide; flower fragment in glass bottle; envelope; flat case.
DescriptionSmall drum microscope in the English pattern. Circular brass base. Plane mirror in cutaway lower portion of the hollow cylindrical post. Black-painted circular stage, with white corrosion. The upper portion of the post has a draw tube with the eyepiece on top and objective below.
The instrument comes with a flat, fitted case of simple wood. Accessories include a single ocular and objective; brass tweezers; a 6-inch steel upholstery needle; a flower specimen, dried, in a corked glass vial; 2 plain glass slides; and a prepared slide of silk cocoon, which is paper wrapped and labeled in French.
There is a fragment of a paper envelope with the business name and address of Herrn Wilhelm Sattler.
The instrument comes with a flat, fitted case of simple wood. Accessories include a single ocular and objective; brass tweezers; a 6-inch steel upholstery needle; a flower specimen, dried, in a corked glass vial; 2 plain glass slides; and a prepared slide of silk cocoon, which is paper wrapped and labeled in French.
There is a fragment of a paper envelope with the business name and address of Herrn Wilhelm Sattler.
Signedmicroscope and case: unsigned
paper envelope: Herrn Wilhelm Sattler / FARBEN - & BLEIWEISS - FABRIK / Schweinfurt aM.
Curatorial Remarkssame maker as microscope 1295
French
Date: circa 1875
Accessories: objectives (3): 1, 2, 3; ocular; tweezers; flat case.
Object number: 1998-1-1274
English
Date: 1850-1875
Accessories: 2 objectives with canisters: 1/4, 1 inch; 14 prepared slides; 6 glass slides; 1 micrometer slide (100th, 1000th inch rulings); tweezers; case with parts drawer
Object number: 1102
French
Date: 1850-1875
Accessories: 1 objective; 1 ocular; 3 glass slides; forceps; case.
Object number: 1120
French
Date: circa 1840
Accessories: 4 objectives; 1 ocular; 7 prepared slides (french); tweezers; concave glass;
Object number: 1054
English
Date: circa 1795
Accessories: 1 ocular; 6 objectives: 1 to 6; stage condenser; stage forceps; live box; live well (watch glass); black/white stage plate; fish tube; 6 prepared wooden slides; tweezers; dissecting needle; a quill; bull's eye lens on stand; round brass box; 3 narrow glass slides; 3 glass slides; flat mahogany case.
Object number: 1303
François-Antoine Jecker
Date: circa 1801
Accessories: 1 Objective: 1, with male thread 11mm dia. x 0.6 mm; fixed ocular; tweezers; glass slide; ivory slide with 5 positions containing 5 specimens; watch glass; mahogany flat case.
Object number: 1216
French
Date: 1850-1875
Accessories: 1 ocular; 3 objectives: 1, 2, 3; 3 prepared slides; 1 glass slide; forceps; oval plate of glass ; case
Object number: 1119
Edward Marmaduke Clarke
Date: 1838-1840
Accessories: 5 objectives for simple microscope; 2 objectives for compound microscope (1 in can; 1 with lieberkuhn); cup diaphragm with lieberkuhn in brass box; brass box of cover slips; stage forceps; tweezers; 2 live boxes; frog plate; bull's eye; fish tube wire; wrench; chamois; 2 unmounted lenses; 40 prepared slides; standing case; 2 keys.
Object number: 1018
Bertrand
Date: circa 1840
Accessories: One slide; forceps; case
Object number: 1052
French
Date: 1840-1850
Accessories: ocular; 3 part objective; tweezers; glass slide with well; glass cover slip; bull's eye condenser; wooden box
Object number: 1174
C. Baker
Date: circa 1900
Accessories: ocular: no. 3; dual nosepiece; condenser with iris diaphragm; short test tubes (3); glass slides (15); horizontal leather case.
Object number: 1307
Charles Baker
Date: circa 1865
Accessories: oculars (2): A and unmarked; objectives (2) with brass canisters (2); tweezers; stage forceps with needle; small polarizer; prepared slides (13); glass slides (7); magnification table; standing case
Object number: 1219