Microscope

This compound microscope was made in England around 1700. It is unsigned.

The instrument has a nose piece for fine focus. The body is made of wood with a vellum-covered outer draw stained with orange and green mottling and gold-impressed tooled motives. The whole is on a brass tripod mounted on a wooden base.

The vellum-covered tubes are stamped with gold tooling, a contemporary book-binding decoration characteristic of London optical instruments of this period. One of the motifs on this instrument also appears on the binding of a book published in London after 1661.

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Online ID:	000-190-002-294-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland H.NL 37
Date:	1st 1/4 18th century Around 1700
Material:	Turned wood body; white vellum covered paste-board draw-tubes; brass tripod on wood base
Dimensions:	14.00" min H
What:	Microscope, compound
Subject:	Jewellery: clocks, watches (NMAS Classification) 22. PHYSICS, Microscopes (Science and Technology Classification)
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Description:	Compound microscope, tripod type, English, first quarter 18th century
References:	Nuttall, R. H., 'A Marshall Microscope in the Royal Museum of Scotland' in Microscopy 35 (1987) pp 499-509
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