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This brass simple pocket microscope was made around 1800, and retailed by W. & S. Jones, scientific instrument makers based in London.

It has three alternative, or combinations lenses and a mirror. The stage is missing. Small enough to fold up into a carrying case (now missing), this instrument was described in W. & S. Jones' pricelist of 1798 as a 'Pocket Botanical and Universal microscope', aimed at reaching as wide a market as possible.

Botanical microscopes such as this came into vogue from the mid 18th century, as all branches of natural history became fashionable, a fashion which lasted well into the 19th century.

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