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GILDED SLIDING POCKET TELESCOPE MONOCULAR, EXCELLENT IMAGE, FOCUSES SMOOTHLY C1880

IMAGE IS SHARP , NOTHING BROKEN OR MISSING , SLIDES TO FOCUS SMOOTHLY ,  Read More...

C1820 EXCELLENT COND. SILVER FOLDING SPECTACLES, DOUBLE TINTED LENSES by JOHN DYER

TOP CONDITION, NOTHING BROKEN , NO REPAIRS, NO CHIPS ALL GOOD. ALL LENSES ARE CONVEX   Read More...

EXCELLENT CONDITION, TORTOISE SHELL / SILVER FOLDING SPECTACLES WITH SIDE SHIELDS, C 1830

ALL LENSES GOOD WITH NO POWER AND TINTED , SILVER SIDES ,  NO SPLITS, NO CHIPS, NO NIBBLES , UNUSUAL ITEM IN TOP CONDITION. Read More...

A large four draw presentation telescope – Dollond. Good Peerage provenance.

A large George 3rd, four draw telescope measuring 11.5″ (closed) and 41.5″ when fully open with an achromatic main lens aperture of just over 2″. The first draw is engraved, ‘Presented to The Rev.d Owen Manning by the Right Honourable Lord Viscount Midleton, 1768′, with an engraved crown with an eagle and plumage feathers. Also engraved, ‘Dollond, London’,  and ‘ Repaired by Dollond Sept 6th 1921’. The same crest is engraved to the lens cap along with the name, Read More...

c. 1798 Unsigned Carpenter/Jones Improved Monocular Microscope with case and many accessories

Unsigned Carpenter/Jones Improved Monocular Microscope with case and many accessories c. 1798.  Height is 16 “when fully retracted and 19” when fully extended.  Case measures about 19. 5 “tall.  Stage is a cruciform shape with round friction fit stage clip that holds slides.  Attached to base via a compass joint that allows inclining of the microscope.   Coarse focusing works very well and is of rack and pinion type.   Accessories include two stage mounted forceps, black/white disc, fish plate, glass Read More...

~FIRST CLASS ROSS No.1 BINOCULAR MICROSCOPE-COMPREHENSIVE~

Number 3734, this 20 inch (22 inches extended) all brass polarising, binocular microscope has rarely been used and has 99% of it’s original golden lacquer.  Wenham patented prism head (see photo), geared and divided circular mechanical stage, geared and divided polarising substage, 3 inch double sided mirror as well as an extensive array of accessories in a separate case (18 x 11 x 4 inches) and TWO bullseye condensers (one of which is 5 inches in diameter). Magnificent flame Read More...

Eighteenth Century Trepanning brace

An eighteenth century trepanning brace with a modern wood display stand, in good condition noting insert missing from top of handle and a loose ferrule, both shown in images. Signed ‘McRin’ Read More...

Large Silver Plated London Dome Ear Trumpet by Down Brothers

A good large silver plated London Dome ear trumpet by Down Brothers of London, in good condition with decorative grille Read More...

Apothercary / coin scales in case.

19th century apothercary scales, slightly different as the beam is of brass rather than steel. The glass pans have a diameter of just over 2″ ( 5.5 cms ). There is an additional glass pan which is deeper than the other two probably to allow more powder (small chip to brim). The case measures 15 x 7.7 cms. With some brass weights. Read More...

~WONDERFUL SMALL BRASS COMPASS/ SUNDIAL by W. SIMMS~

A 6 x 2 cm. brass compass/sundial by William Simms c.1820 with brass knurled cover and fold down gnomen. Signed along the trimmed edge “W. Simms”. Paper divided into four 90 degree quadrants, further subdivided into degrees with old mariner’s  directions (NNE, etc.) and fleur-de-lys marking North. Blued steel compass needle still points North. Fold down brass gnomen, locking while upright. Silvered sundial divided into hours and minutes with Roman numerals. Foliate design (wheat ear) across the gnomen bridge. No Read More...

LARGE ENGLISH INCLINING SUNDIAL BY W & S JONES

SHIPPING BY FEDEX, UPS, UHL, ETC. FULLY TRACKED.  Contact Email:   [email protected] Read More...

~RARE MARTIN SIMPLE BOTANICAL MICROSCOPE~

A decade after the original model was made by George Adams Sr., this simplified version was probably made for two reasons: cost and simplicity. Once the oval eccentricity of the lathe was invented, these little naturalist field microscopes could have been constructed for pennies (the case, now absent would have cost more than the instrument). Standing a mere 8 cm. tall, it has a square pillar, friction fit focussing, two interchangeable lenses (later models had three) and a round stage Read More...