A Rare Baker Nelson-Curties No.1 Exhibition Monocular & Binocular Microscope

English, c.1890, signed to the rear of the stand 'C. BAKER 244 High Holborn, London, 6379' standing on a massive lacquered brass tripod base, supporting the limb on massive conical trunnions, large plano-concave mirror on articulated arm, substage collar with course & fine focusing, geared rotation, X-Y screw control, full circuit mechanical stage with geared rotation, X-Y control with vernier scales, large limb with dovetail slot to change between binocular and monocular tubes, monocular with two drawer tubes with one geared, the large binocular body with slide in/out Wenham Prism (no chips), interocular adjustment via rackwork, with side reflector on articulated arm, 4 objectives in cases live box, substage condenser adn other accessoreis in a large French polished mahogany cabinet,

Footnotes:

At the time of publication we are aware of only four other Baker Nelson-Curties No.1 microscopes, one sold at the Arthur Frank sale at a Sotheby’s on March 25, 1986, and another selling on Ebay in July 2007, and one in a private online collection[1], there is no example that can be found of a binocular version

[1]. https://www.microscope-antiques.com/nelsonhx.html