A Box Mounted Compound Microscope by Chevalier, Paris
French, c.1830, signed in copperplate script 'Charles Chevalier, Ingenieur, Opticien, Brevete, Palace Royal 163, a Paris’, microscope screws into boss on top of mahogany case, concave mirror at base, wheel of apertures, two stage clips, arm for condenser lens (missing lens), rack and pinion focusing, with accessories in fitted case with key
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French, c.1830, signed in copperplate script 'Charles Chevalier, Ingenieur, Opticien, Brevete, Palace Royal 163, a Paris’, microscope screws into boss on top of mahogany case, concave mirror at base, wheel of apertures, two stage clips, arm for condenser lens (missing lens), rack and pinion focusing, with accessories in fitted case with key