February 24, 2022 10:00 EST
The Gilded Age
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A Victorian Brass Compound Binocular Microscope
A. Ross, London, circa 1860
The microscope base inscribed 'A. Ross, London, No. 384,' with rack and pinion adjustments and fine focusing and a plano/convex mirror; the separate binocular lens attachment with two removable lenses in a small fitted mahogany box with brass plaque inscribed 'George Coles' with Coles family crest of a snake encircling a column; the mahogany case fitted with drawers fitted with additional eyepieces, lenses, and an assortment of glass slides.
H: 20 3/4, W: 12, D: 10 1/2 in. (case)
Provenance
Freeman’s, Philadelphia, October 6, 2010, lot 1232.
Acquired directly from the above sale.
Private Collection, Long Island, New York.
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000
The microscope base inscribed 'A. Ross, London, No. 384,' with rack and pinion adjustments and fine focusing and a plano/convex mirror; the separate binocular lens attachment with two removable lenses in a small fitted mahogany box with brass plaque inscribed 'George Coles' with Coles family crest of a snake encircling a column; the mahogany case fitted with drawers fitted with additional eyepieces, lenses, and an assortment of glass slides.
Provenance
Freeman’s, Philadelphia, October 6, 2010, lot 1232.
Acquired directly from the above sale.
Private Collection, Long Island, New York.
