Culpeper-type compound microscope
Date1808-1830
Inventory Number1233
ClassificationMicroscope
Subject
Maker
Robert Brettell Bate
1782 - 1847
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensions25 x 8.5 x 8.5 cm (9 13/16 x 3 3/8 x 3 3/8 in.)
case: 33.5 x 12.5 x 12.5 cm (13 3/16 x 4 15/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
case: 33.5 x 12.5 x 12.5 cm (13 3/16 x 4 15/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
Material
Accessories3 Obj.:1, 3, 4; spring slider holder; 4 ivory sliders; stage forceps; frog plate; tweezers; cone diaphragm; pyramidal case.
DescriptionThis is a brass Culpeper-type compound microscope with scrolling legs for the tripods above and below the stage. The base is circular. There is a focusing knob. It has a pyramidal box.
Signedon stage: Bate London
ProvenanceDavid Wheatland purchased from Roux-Devillas, Paris, on July 27, 1964 (lot 2/516). Donated to CHSI November 2, 1964.
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
Robert Brettell Bate
Date: 1800-1825
Accessories: 2 objective lenses with lieberkuhns; 4 objectives; 3 ivory slides; stage forceps; brass tweezers; mica cover slips and wire retaining rings in ivory box; drop-in spring stage to hold slides; case.
Object number: 1013
Matthew Loft
Date: 1730-1747
Accessories: objective (5); spring slide holder; circular carrier (10 objects); stage forceps; cone diaphragm; ivory slider (2); round glass disc; brass ring; ivory box of covers; frog plate; key for case
Object number: 1181
Robert Bancks
Date: 1805-1811
Accessories: 6 objectives 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8; two high power/ short focal length lenses in round brass boxes: A, B; 2 lenses in black rings in cylindrical boxes for aquatic use: 30, 40; 3 Lieberkühns with lenses; cone diaphragm; polarizer set; brass live box; 2 stage forceps; frog plate; 2 oculars; tweezers; brush; brass wet cell preparation slide; 10 ivory slides; ivory box with slide covers and rings; spring stage mount; watch glass and bracket; bull's eye on stand; case.
Object number: 1185
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
Baumann
Date: 1775-1800
Accessories: 6 objectives: 1-6; 1 eyepiece; 1 partial objective; a lieberkuhn in a brass box; 2 wooden sliders; 1 ivory slider; ivory box with cover slips and springs; 2 spring stages (slider holders); cup diaphragm; wheel diaphragm; frog plate; 2 live boxes; tweezers; steel tweezers with pin; magnifying glass; 2 ivory rings; horizontal box.
Object number: 1253
Claude-Siméon Passemant
Date: 1749-1769
Accessories: ocular; objectives (7); bull's eye condenser; Lieberkühn for stage mounting; cone diaphragm; spring frame for slides; frog plate; stage forceps; large and small black and white disks (2); round micrometer slide with fine wire screen; low-power lens; black aperture disk; brass slider for 4 specimens; ivory slides--rectangular (6); ivory slides--circular (2); brass slide with aperture to hold circular ivory slides; boxes (2) of round ivory slides (40 in total).
Object number: 1182
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
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
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
John Field
Date: after 1791
Accessories: 1 Objective; stage forceps; wet box; frog plate; ivory box for mica covers; glass tube; pyramidal box.
Object number: 1238
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