C.1760, German, signed ‘G. F. Brander Aug Vind fecit’ around the Scioptic ball retaining ring. The polished fruit wood case lined with cream chamois leather and edged with a woven metal thread ribbon, the set is laid out with screw-barrel microscope with an ivory handle and its accessories, a scioptic ball in an ebony and mahogany shutter above its locating screws, solar microscope accessories to be used in conjunction with the scioptic ball and the screw-barrel microscope, a compass microscope and its accessories, a set of ivory sliders in a marbled paper covered case, and a set of forceps, case width 40.5cm Footnotes: The Daguerreotype image: the microscope comes with a copy of a Daguerreotype photograph taken in around 1840/50 showing this same set laid out just as it is now. The original Daguerreotype is held in a private collection in Germany, the vendor has a copy which is included in this sale. Literature: Alto Brachner (editor), G.F.Brander (1713-1783) Wissenschaftliche Instrumente aus seiner erkstatt, munich 1983, Deutsches Museum.