Culpeper Type Microscope and Accessories, Attributed to Edward Scarlett, English, c. 1730 | |
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| Inventory Number: | 55334 |
| Object Type: | Object |
| Persons: | Edward Scarlett |
| Date Created: | c. 1730 |
| Place Created: | England United Kingdom Europe |
| Subject Classification(s): | Microscopy |
| Accession Number: | 1944-1/227 |
| Brief Description: | The instrument stands on three turned, copper alloy legs on an octagonal box base. The base has a drawer for accessories and a concave mirror in a horseshoe mount is set on top. The legs support the body on a copper alloy ring. Below the body is the circular stage with a slot, a pinhole and a bracket to hold accessories. Two spring clips are attached to the underside of the stage to hold specimens. The pasteboard body is covered in black leather decorated with gold stampings. A draw tube covered in green vellum and marked with the positions for focusing pushes into the body. The eyepiece mounting and nose are lignum vitae and a copper alloy eyecup with a sliding dust cover fits over the eye lens. The accessories comprise five objectives in lignum vitae settings, a copper alloy aperture in a wooden collar, two glass disks, an ivory black and white disk, an ivory talc box, a specimen wheel with black and white disks and eight specimen compartments. |
| Primary Inscriptions: | None |
| Provenance: | Purchased from Dr. Reginald S. Clay with his collection. |
| Collection Group: | Clay Collection |
| Material(s): |
Copper alloy Lignum vitae Leather Vellum Glass Bone Ivory |
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