shanked microtome knife
Date1880-1890
Inventory Number1989-0019
ClassificationMicrotome Knife
Subject
Maker
Franz Hajek
fl. 1880-1890
Owner
Henry W. Bradford
born circa 1855
Owner
Fred E. Clow
1881 - 1941
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensionsmicrotome: 10.3 × 1.2 × 35 cm (4 1/16 × 1/2 × 13 3/4 in.)
case: 3 × 37 × 10.8 cm (1 3/16 × 14 9/16 × 4 1/4 in.)
case: 3 × 37 × 10.8 cm (1 3/16 × 14 9/16 × 4 1/4 in.)
Material
Accessoriescase
DescriptionA microtome knife with a long rectangular blade and a short slotted handle.
It is stored in a flat wooden case covered with blind-stamped black leather and lined with padded purple silk and purple chamois. The lid exterior is stamped with the owner's name.
It is stored in a flat wooden case covered with blind-stamped black leather and lined with padded purple silk and purple chamois. The lid exterior is stamped with the owner's name.
Signedstamped inside case: Franz Hajek Wien.
on sticker inside case: FRANZ HAJEK / FABRIK / CHIRURG INSTRUMENTE / WIEN / IX. BEETHOVENGASSE # 4
Inscribedstamped on case lid: Dr. H. W. Bradford.
on knife handle: 11
FunctionThis knife is used with a microtome to cut specimens into thin layers for viewing under a microscope.
ProvenanceDr. H. W. Bradford, Boston, Massachusetts; Dr. Fred Clow, Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, 1890-; Dr. Steve Pan; gift to CHSI, 1989.
Historical AttributesThis microtome knife was obtained by Dr. Fred Clow of Wolfeboro, New Hampshire in the 1890s from Dr. H. W. Bradford, a noted Boston eye surgeon, who obtained the knife in Vienna.
Wilhelm Walb Nachfolger
Date: 1880-1890
Accessories: case
Object number: 1996-1-0288
Wilhelm Walb Nachfolger
Date: 1880-1890
Accessories: case
Object number: 1996-1-0289
Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
Date: circa 1900
Accessories: case
Object number: 1989-0021
Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
Date: circa 1900
Accessories: case
Object number: 1989-0022
E. Hartnack & A. Prazmowski
Date: circa 1880
Accessories: objectives in green leather box (5): 2, 4, 6, 7, and unmarked; objectives in brown box (2): 2, 3; oculars (5); 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; polarizing eyepiece and substage apparatus; substage condenser; substage cup diaphragms (4); slider with sleeve to hold substage accessories; large bull's eye condenser with stand; aperture-stop rotating wheel; blue filters (3); flat case; case keys (2).
Object number: 1145a
Triple Alliance: Zeiss - Bausch & Lomb - Saegmuller
Date: 1908-1915
Accessories: case
Object number: 1996-1-0287
