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probably made in London

Microscope
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This brass microscope (pictured here with its fitted wooden box) was made around 1825, probably by David Davis, a scientific instrument maker based in London between 1816 and 1830.

The side-pillared instrument has two single lens objectives and is signed on the body tube 'D. Davis/London'. The accessories include a livebox, fishplate, an ivory stage plate and a hand magnifier.

Side-pillared microscopes were made more popular by the publication in 1742 of Henry Baker's 'The Microscope Made Easy'. This example is known as a 'chest microscope', and is made and mounted in such a way that it can be folded into its box.

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