A FINE SOLAR MICROSCOPE BY ROBERT HUNTLY, LONDON, CIRCA 1820
constructed in lacquered brass, signed on the back plate Huntly LONDON, comprising a two-part tube and accessories comprising brass and bone slides, varied strength lens slide, platform pincers, tweezers etc., contained within fitted box of issue -- 11 x 8in. (28 x 20cm.)
Robert Huntly was an optician working between 1811 and 1840 from several addresses between High Holborn and Burlington Arcade.

Condition Report
Fine overall condition with much original lacquer surviving, and apparently complete accessories; exterior of box has some scuffing and marks and a minor split commensurate with age.

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