Culpeper-type compound microscope
Date1766-1804
Inventory Number1243
ClassificationMicroscope
Subject
Maker
Peter & John Dollond
fl. 1766 - 1804
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensions16.5 x 38 x 16.5 cm (6 1/2 x 14 15/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
case: 45 x 21 x 21.5 cm (17 11/16 x 8 1/4 x 8 7/16 in.)
case: 45 x 21 x 21.5 cm (17 11/16 x 8 1/4 x 8 7/16 in.)
Material
Accessories6 objectives: nos. 4, 5 ( which fit) plus 4 that do not fit (two without glass); 4 ivory slides; fish plate; fish tube; live box; spring slide holder; Lieberkühn with sleeve; pyramidal box with top cap missing.
DescriptionThis is a Culpeper-type compound microscope with scrolling legs above and below the circular stage. The optical assembly is all brass. The base is mahogany and has a pull drawer filled with accessories. It has a pyramidal case.
SignedMarked on stage: Dollond London
ProvenanceDavid Wheatland purchased from Roux-Devillas Paris, March 29, 1966 (lot 4/34). Donated to CHSI April 17, 1967.
Matthew Loft
Date: 1730-1747
Accessories: 5 Objectives:1, 2, 3, 4, 5; round specimen carrier with eight preparations plus black and white discs; fish plate; stage forceps; live box; ivory box for cover glasses; cone diaphragm; pyramidal case.
Object number: 1180
English
Date: circa 1750
Accessories: 5 objectives; fish plate; hand magnifier; diffusor; cone; stage forceps; 4 ivory slides; 1 glass slide; ivory box with mica covers and wire rings; spring stage for slides; pyramidal box.
Object number: 1049
Charles Lincoln
Date: 1770-1775
Accessories: 5 objectives; 1 Lieberkühn; 1 cone; tadpole glasses and wire; 6 ivory slides; mica covers and wire rings; stage bull's eye magnifier; 2 hand magnifiers; spring slide holder; fish plate; instruction booklet; fold out plate (glued to cardstock); list of objects on slides.
Object number: 1047
Matthew Loft
Date: 1730-1747
Accessories: ocular (1); objectives (6); fish plate; substage cone diaphragm; round spring slide holder; stage forceps; bull's eye condenser; wet specimen glass cup; rotating slide speciment holder with black and white disks; small black and white disks as bead on cord; brass spring; spare collar from an ocular; pyramidal box.
Object number: 1242
Date: circa 1820
Accessories: 4 Objectives: 1, 2, 3, 4; 1 Lieberkühn; substage light cone; spring slide holder ; test tube ( live fish tube?); stage forceps; 4 ivory slides; ivory box; pyramidal case.
Object number: 1177
Peter & John Dollond
Date: circa 1768
Accessories: Aquatic and Wilson attachments; 2 lenses to fit either ; 2 silverplated Lieberkuhns with lenses ; stage forceps ; tweezers ; 3 bone slides ; 1 brass framed glass slide for Wilson
Object number: 1007
Andrew Pritchard
Date: 1835-1840
Accessories: objectives (4); oculars (6); lieberkühns (4); stage forceps; bull's eye condenser on stand; spring stage; extra mechanical stage; polarizer; cup diaphragms and holders; substage fork mount; live box; glass troughs (2); concave glass; fish tube holder; case; 2 keys. See also slide micrometers (2) (1088b,c)
Object number: 1088a
W. & S. Jones
Date: circa 1795
Accessories: rotating disc with 6 objectives: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; objectives with Lieberkuhn reflectors (2); Lieberkuhn attachment; conical diaphragm, stage forceps with calipers; fish plate; silk ribbon; tweezers; Bonanni spring stage; prepared ivory slides (7), standing case.
Object number: 1041
William Harris and Company
Date: circa 1825
Accessories: 4 objectives: 2, 3, 5, unmarked; brass box (bottom of live box?); glass disk; threaded cover with glass window; stage forceps; 6 ivory sliders; fish plate; cone diaphragm.; fish tube; slide holder.
Object number: 1226
Benjamin Wood
Date: 1820
Accessories: 10 objectives, numbered 1-10 (caps on 1 and 2); 4 objectives with lieberkuhns (one lens missing); 2 oculars; 3 simple lenses in eye cups; diaphragm cone; live box; spring stage; three-wing stage; double-convex lens on rod; simple-lens carrier on an arm; ivory black/white disk; 1 ivory disk with cork; 3 flat glass disks of differing sizes; 1 large glass disk in threaded brass rim; 1 watch glass; 3 large glass, magnifying lenses, one tinted green; 2 small magnifying glasses; stage condensor; fish plate; 2 stage forceps; 1 stage 3-pronged gripper; tweezers; 3 ivory handled knives for preparations; 10 small and 3 medium ivory slides of transparent specimens; 3 ivory slides of opaque specimens; 3 boxwood slides of transparent specimens; 1 brass wet-cell slide with 4 apertures for preparations; 2 cylindrical ivory boxes with mica cover slips and snap rings; wrench; chamois; flat case with sockets for the above; key.
Object number: 1002
Edmund Culpeper
Date: circa 1730
Accessories: frog (fish) plate; 3 long bone slides; 1 short ivory slide; a slide holder; 4 objectives; watch glass; diverse glasses; ivory box with mica covers and wire rings; dark plate; chamois
Object number: 1048
English
Date: 1750-1825
Accessories: In drawer (1179b): 4 objectives: 1, 3, 4, 5; tweezers; stage forceps; 12 numbered ivory slides; brass slider; 3 glass slides; brush; ivory case for covers; egg shaped ivory case; small planoconvex lens. Pyramidal case .
Object number: 1179a