mounting for a prism
Date1840-1860
Inventory Number2007-1-0434
ClassificationMount
Subject
Maker
Jean Baptiste François Soleil
?
1798 - 1878
Maker
Henri Jean Jacques Soleil
?
died 1879
Maker
J. Duboscq-Soleil
?
circa 1850
Maker
Louis Jules Duboscq
?
French, 1817 - 1886
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensions2.7 × 7.1 × 6.9 cm (1 1/16 × 2 13/16 × 2 11/16 in.)
Material
DescriptionThis is a heavy, cast brass platform that has been turned on a lathe to round the edges and create a shallow well on the top surface. It has two pointy feet (both drilled) and a leveling screw foot. The leveling screw is knurled in the French style. It is red brass, where as the rest has a matte black finish.
Signedunsigned
Jean Baptiste François Soleil
Date: 1840-1860
Object number: 2007-1-0431
Jean Baptiste François Soleil
Date: 1825-1870
Object number: 1998-1-1218
Jean Baptiste François Soleil
Date: circa 1840
Object number: 1997-1-1555
Jean Baptiste François Soleil
Date: n.d.
Accessories: eyepiece cap; frog plate; hoder only for stage forceps; scalpel; steel needle; tool holders (2)
Object number: 1280
Jean Baptiste François Soleil
Date: 1840-1860
Object number: 2007-1-0435
Jean Baptiste François Soleil
Date: 1840-1860
Accessories: carrying case; objective; double refraction ocular; substage polarizer; rotating stage plate; horizontal case; stage forceps; oculars (2)
Object number: 1215