SOLD – Nice Antique Group 50 Microscope Slides incl Opaque & Professional Mounts, Cased
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Generally good condition set of 50 interesting antique microscope slides - full details in body of listing. The set probably dates to the 1920 period or thereabouts, together with a good quality wooden storage case. Nice collectable set.
Circa
1920
Maker
Various
Country of manufacture
UK and Ireland
Description
Offered for sale is a set of 50 antique microscope slides including some deep opaque mounts and some by professional preparers. Most are in usable condition with some yellowing/crystallisation of mounting medium to a few of the slides, which is to be expected owing to age, some descriptions unclear. Details as under:
Deep Opaque Mounts (6 plus a stage micrometer giving 7 in total in this tray):
– Foot of Water Beetle
– Iron filings
– Scales of Moth – iridescent
– Stage Micrometer 0.1 and .01mm scales
– Parasite of Peacock
– Antenna of Cockchafer
– Head of Sparrow Moth
– Forceps of Earwig
– Unknown Insect
– Legs of Worker Bee by Darlaston
– Lateral Thoracic Spiracle of Tse-tse Fly by Watson
– Transverse Section of Flower Bud of Madonna Lily
– Transverse Section of Maize
– Transverse Section of Flower of Grape Hyacinth
– Transverse Section of Plant Stem by Howard
– Transverse Section of Wheat
– Section of Stem of Echinus by EW dated 1919
– Diatomaceae Pleurosigma
– Sponge Sand from Levant
– Hair of Seal
– Scinchus ??
– ?? Kidney
– Unknown Cell-type
– Chrondrosarcoma
– Wall of Intestines
– Emphysema
– Uterine Myoma
– Leucocythemia of Spleen
– Papilloma Ear
– Unreferenced slide
– Pericarditis
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Arcboutant Scientific
Arcboutant Scientific based in Glasgow Scotland, with an interest in scientific collectables dating back to 1988. Now making available carefully curated fine examples, principally of antique microscopes and associated scientific equipment by quality English and Continental makers, to collectors world-wide.
