Antique microscope 1897. Medical scientific.
Stock Number: 4218
£265
A Victorian brass microscope by Ernst Leitz Wetzlar c1897 and also marked with the retailers details 'C. Baker 244 High Holborn London'.
Dimensions
The Microscope stands 33cm (13") high before being extended, 38cm (15") after being extended.
Circa
1897
Maker
Ernst Leitz Wetzlar
Country of manufacture
Germany
Description
A Victorian brass microscope by Ernst Leitz Wetzlar c1897 and also marked with the retailers details ‘C. Baker 244 High Holborn London’. The stand carries the number ‘53502’ allowing us to date this microscope reasonably precisely. The microscope mirror is concave one side and flat the other, the concave side is marked around the edges, in working order and good condition but with some marks.
In 1849, Karl Kellner founded the Optical Institute in Wetzlar, Germany, which in a few years had microscopes as the main product. The company hired an engineer named Ernst Leitz in 1865, who soon became a partner. Leitz took over the company in 1869 and renamed it Optical Institute of Ernst Leitz. Ernst Leitz died in 1920, and his son Ernst Leitz II became the sole owner of the business.
The Microscope stands 33cm (13″) high before being extended, 38cm (15″) after being extended.
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