Culpeper-type compound microscope
Datecirca 1749
Inventory Number1178
ClassificationMicroscope
Subject
Maker
Edward Nairne
1726 - 1806
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensions40 x 13 x 13 cm (15 3/4 x 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 in.)
case: 49 x 16.5 x 16.5 cm (19 5/16 x 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
case: 49 x 16.5 x 16.5 cm (19 5/16 x 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
Material
Accessories4 objectives; stage forceps; spring slide holder; ivory slide; pyramidal case.
DescriptionThis is an all-brass version of an early Culpeper-type microscope. The stage is circular and has straight turned legs above and below it. The base is of wood and circular. It has no storage drawer. The slides are held in a Bonanni spring stage with a fine focusing screw-barrel.
Signedunsigned
ProvenanceDavid Wheatland purchased from Alain Brieux, Paris, April 4, 1962 (lot 4/14). Donated to CHSI January 28, 1963.
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
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
Robert Brettell Bate
Date: 1808-1830
Accessories: 3 Obj.:1, 3, 4; spring slider holder; 4 ivory sliders; stage forceps; frog plate; tweezers; cone diaphragm; pyramidal case.
Object number: 1233
Peter & John Dollond
Date: 1766-1804
Accessories: 6 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.
Object number: 1243
English
Date: 1735-1745
Accessories: 5 objectives; 3 ivory slides; 1 brass slide; 2 rough pieces of glass; 2 stage forceps and pins; black / white disk in ebony with ivory inset; spring stage; live box.
Object number: 2002-1-0054
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
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
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
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
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
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
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