English, c.1880, signed to the rear of the large stand 'HENRY CROUCH, LONDON, 5862' with plano-concave mirror on sliding collar below focusing substage with X-Y screw control, with rotating mechanical stage with X-Y control, limb with unusual inverted fine screw focus, binocular tubes with interocular adjustment, with large collection of original accessories including three eyepieces, 4 Crouch objectives in cans with one by Collins, wheel of stops, polariser and analyser, table bullseye condenser and other accessories all in the original French polished mahogany case, microscope height 42cm
Sold for £992
Result including buyers premium
English, c.1880, signed to the rear of the large stand 'HENRY CROUCH, LONDON, 5862' with plano-concave mirror on sliding collar below focusing substage with X-Y screw control, with rotating mechanical stage with X-Y control, limb with unusual inverted fine screw focus, binocular tubes with interocular adjustment, with large collection of original accessories including three eyepieces, 4 Crouch objectives in cans with one by Collins, wheel of stops, polariser and analyser, table bullseye condenser and other accessories all in the original French polished mahogany case, microscope height 42cm
Auction: Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021