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Pantograph

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Probably made in Glasgow

Pantograph
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An pantograph is an instrument for copying, reducing and enlarging illustrations. This brass example was made around 1890, probably by Mathew Edwards, a scientific instrument maker based in Glasgow.

The pantograph comprises four hinged arms with two sliding, and one fixed, sockets. The arms are supported on ivory wheels. The instrument is engraved: 'M.EDWARDS. OPTICIAN. 209 SAUCHIEHALL STREET.'

In 1891, Mathew Edwards (c.1833-93) left the firm of James White, where he we was one of the two surviving partners, and set up independently as a scientific instrument maker. He died two years later, aged 60.

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