[M] AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY POCKET MICROSCOPE...

AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY POCKET MICROSCOPE ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS RUBERGALL, LONDON
with ebonised wooden base supporting mirror, socket for square section shaft with spring slide stage, specimen clamp and three swivel lenses, contained in a dome-lidded fish skin covered case with green felt lining -- 4¼in. (11cm.) diameter; together with a card box containing ten 4-specimen slides, numbered 1,2,3,6,7,8 and 10, plus three unnumbered associated examples
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Condition Report
Microscope: base thread to mirror rusted; case worn - possibly associated/earlier; slides: two specimens missing (one from No. 10 and one from an unnumbered type), second specimen from slide 1 missing a section, case missing both end pieces and in worn condition.

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