49 5050.Brass Monocular Microscope, France, c. 1875, with rackwork coarsefocusing, condenser mounted on jointed arm, square stage with fourholediaphragm, plano/concave mirror below, all rotating on a ball andsocket joint in circular base, ht. closed 11 in.$300-50051.Boxed Martin Drum-type Microscope, England, 19th century, withsingle draw-tube and rackwork focusing, interchangeable objective,circular stage with 1 in. aperture above concave mirror, the box withtwo eyepieces and six objectives, and stage-mounting mirror, ht. closed11 in.$800-1,20052.Four Household Microscopes, late 19th/early 20th century, of variedform including two lacquered brass drum microscopes, ht. to 3 1/2 in.$150-25054.Three Boxed Brass Miniature Drum Microscopes, late 19th century,draw focusing, one with spring stage, ht. to 2 1/4 in.$250-45055.Folding Dissecting Microscope, retailed by John J. Ogden, Boston,c. 1887, black-painted brass base with steel pillar and mounted mirror,and brass eyepiece arm above square stage, the microscope foldsnearly flat, with box containing eyepieces and objectives, ht. 4 1/2 in.$150-25056.Stainless Steel Dissecting Microscope, Bausch & Lomb Optical,Rochester and New York, New York, early 20th century, with triangularrackwork-adjusted post supporting a swing-arm with three objectives,above the square dissecting stage, on U-foot marked with maker’sname, (missing mirror), ht. closed 6 1/4 in.$250-45053.Three Small Microscopes, 19th/20th centuries, including a small drummicroscope with a spring stage, a box-mounted simple microscope“Universal-Instrument” by Max Wolf, and a brass Withering-typemicroscope with stage-mounted forceps and three objectives, ht. to 41/4 in.$300-40057.Lacquered Brass Solar Microscope, possibly Scotland, mid-19thcentury, rackwork focus on the tube, on a square brass plate withfour drilled screw holes at the corners for mounting, a long rectangularmirror adjusts on a rackwork wheel and endless screw to focus sunlightthrough the lens and onto a subject, which is projected on a screen orother suitable surface, lg. fully extended 18 in.$400-60014 additional information and photos at www.skinnerinc.com
515758.Three Student Microscopes, late 19th/early 20th century, the first atypical German boxed drum-form student microscope with draw tubefocus, ht. 6; the second a boxed example with green-painted baseand mounted mirror ht. 7 1/4; the third on a blue-painted disc basesupporting a ball-and-socket pivot, and brass tube with spring stage,ht. 10 1/2 in.$250-45059.Five Brass Student Microscopes, England, late 19th/early 20thcentury, including two boxed, one with offset barrel and ball-and-socketjoint, two miniature, ht. to 7 in.$150-250online bidding at www.skinnerinc.com15