SOLD Lot 248 - A Large Collection of Microscope Eyepieces

A Large Collection of Microscope Eyepieces

lot 248 (The Collectors Sale, 1st Dec, 2021)

all various sizes types, one by R & J Beck, all others unsigned, A lot

Sold for £186    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 249 - A Large collection of Microscope Parts & Accessories

A Large collection of Microscope Parts & Accessories

lot 249 (The Collectors Sale, 1st Dec, 2021)

including bulls-eye stands, various racks, lenses and other parts, A lot

Sold for £87    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 250 - Two Student Microscopes

Two Student Microscopes

lot 250 (The Collectors Sale, 1st Dec, 2021)

both in Polished cases both unsigned

Sold for £50    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

SOLD Lot 251 - Large Vickers Pathalux M320 Microscope

Large Vickers Pathalux M320 Microscope

lot 251 (The Collectors Sale, 1st Dec, 2021)

English, c.1972, with Praktica 35mm Camera, in a large travel case, untested

Sold for £12    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

SOLD Lot 252 - A Large Collection of Microscope Related Booklets

A Large Collection of Microscope Related Booklets

lot 252 (The Collectors Sale, 1st Dec, 2021)

including Journal fo Royal Microscopical Society off prints, technical manuals for microscopes and other printed documents, a lot

Sold for £12    Result plus buyers premium More details 4  

SOLD Lot 253 - A Good Victorian Brass Binocular Microscope

A Good Victorian Brass Binocular Microscope

lot 253 (The Collectors Sale, 1st Dec, 2021)

English, c.1870, unsigned but very much in the style of Collins, on 'Y' shaped base with uprights supporting the body on trunnions, with ... read more

Sold for £285    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 254 - A Good Victorian Brass Binocular Microscope

A Good Victorian Brass Binocular Microscope

lot 254 (The Collectors Sale, 1st Dec, 2021)

English, c.1870, unsigned, on 'Y' shaped base with uprights supporting the body on trunnions, with plano-concave mirror mechanical stage, Wenham ... read more

Sold for £322    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

SOLD Lot 255 - Watson Edinburgh Compound Microscope

Watson Edinburgh Compound Microscope

lot 255 (The Collectors Sale, 1st Dec, 2021)

English, c.1910, signed to the rear of the foot, W Watson & Sons, 313 High Holborn, London 4454, with plano-concave mirror focusing substage with ... read more

Sold for £521    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 256 - A Collection of Mineral & Geology Microscope Slides

A Collection of Mineral & Geology Microscope Slides

lot 256 (The Collectors Sale, 1st Dec, 2021)

in a pine flip front case with a hand written label which reads 'J T Norman-Thomas Serpentine South Blundell Sands, containing various geological ... read more

Sold for £260    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

SOLD Lot 257 - A Set of Microscope Slides

A Set of Microscope Slides

lot 257 (The Collectors Sale, 1st Dec, 2021)

in a polished flip front case containing various slides by makers including Beck; Suter; Watson and many others

Sold for £211    Result plus buyers premium More details 5  

SOLD Lot 258 - A Macabre Collection of Victorian Pathology Microscope Slides

A Macabre Collection of Victorian Pathology Microscope Slides

lot 258 (The Collectors Sale, 1st Dec, 2021)

the two cases containing slides from a hospital pathology lab dated 1885 showing typically victorian diseased organs, some labels printed to the rear ... read more

Sold for £50    Result plus buyers premium More details 10  

SOLD Lot 259 - Two Cases of Microscope Slides

Two Cases of Microscope Slides

lot 259 (The Collectors Sale, 1st Dec, 2021)

the two flip front cases containing a collection of mainly Foraminifera, diatom & fossil diatom slides by various prepares

Sold for £335    Result plus buyers premium More details 8  

SOLD Lot 260 - A Large Collection of Microscope Spares & Accessories

A Large Collection of Microscope Spares & Accessories

lot 260 (The Collectors Sale, 1st Dec, 2021)

including a microscope lucida by C Reichert Wein in a case, a students microscope in a case a Beck popular microscope case, objectives, eyepieces and ... read more

Sold for £174    Result plus buyers premium More details 4  

SOLD Lot 261 - Large Watson Bactil Compound Microscope

Large Watson Bactil Compound Microscope

lot 261 (The Collectors Sale, 1st Dec, 2021)

English Dated 1948, signed Watson High Power Binocular, finished in black lacquer and chrome in large original cabinet.

Sold for £43    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

SOLD Lot 262 - Zeiss Microscope Poster

Zeiss Microscope Poster

lot 262 (The Collectors Sale, 1st Dec, 2021)

German, c.1930, image of microscope showing the inside workings, image on original card backing, 55cm x 36cm

Sold for £99    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 263 - Two Brass Drum Microscopes

Two Brass Drum Microscopes

lot 263 (The Collectors Sale, 1st Dec, 2021)

the first, French c.1860 with retail label for 'W & F Newton Opticians Globe Manufacturers to Her Majesty 3 Fleet St London', with three screw-in ... read more

Sold for £112    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 264 - A Swift Compound Monocular Microscope

A Swift Compound Monocular Microscope

lot 264 (The Collectors Sale, 1st Dec, 2021)

English, c.1890, rack & pinion coarse focus and micrometer fine focas, Abbe condenserm mechanical stage, one objective and two eyepieces, in fitted ... read more

Sold for £124    Result plus buyers premium More details 4  

SOLD Lot 265 - A Petrological Microscope Integrating Micrometer

A Petrological Microscope Integrating Micrometer

lot 265 (The Collectors Sale, 1st Dec, 2021)

English, c.1950, signed DR. DOLLARS INTEGRATING MICROMETER SERIAL NO 1406 CUTROCK ENG Co Ltd' in the original wooden case, and a cased Watson X2 ... read more

Sold for £43    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

SOLD Lot 266 - A Leitz Ortholux Trinocular Microscope

A Leitz Ortholux Trinocular Microscope

lot 266 (The Collectors Sale, 1st Dec, 2021)

German, signed to the rear of the stage, Leitz Ortholux, with Leitz Substage condenser, Leitz mechanical stage, four objective nosepiece with a ... read more

Sold for £192    Result plus buyers premium More details 7  

SOLD Lot 267 - Three Microscope Lamps

Three Microscope Lamps

lot 267 (The Collectors Sale, 1st Dec, 2021)

1950s -1970s, one by Beck, one by Watson, one by Vickers, with a 19th centurymahogany baseboard for a microscope and lamp, with frame for filters

Sold for £105    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 268 - Optical Instrument Services (Croydon) Ltd Polarising Compound Microscope

Optical Instrument Services (Croydon) Ltd Polarising Compound Microscope

lot 268 (The Collectors Sale, 1st Dec, 2021)

English, c.1970, engraved Services No. 23193, finished in black and nickel, with substage polariser, rotating stage, slide in/out analyser, with 4 ... read more

Sold for £50    Result plus buyers premium More details 5  

A Beck Hartree Microspectroscope

lot 269 (The Collectors Sale, 1st Dec, 2021)

English, c.1960 engraved Beck London, microscope microspectroscope in case with instructions,

Estimated at £20 - £40 More details 3  

SOLD Lot 270 - An Early Microscope Accessory Set

An Early Microscope Accessory Set

lot 270 (The Collectors Sale, 1st Dec, 2021)

German(?), c.1860, unsigned, with seven eyepieces with five engraved I - VI, a goniometer into which the eyepieces screw, an extension tube with an ... read more

Sold for £93    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 271 - Natural History Museum Zoology Department Microscope Accessories

Natural History Museum Zoology Department Microscope Accessories

lot 271 (The Collectors Sale, 1st Dec, 2021)

Germany, c.1960, parts signed E Leitz Wetzlar, and further engraved Z.D. 513, B.M. H.H. 1960 (Zoology Department , British Museum, Natural History) ... read more

Sold for £31    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

SOLD Lot 273 - Zeiss Opton Binocular Microscope

Zeiss Opton Binocular Microscope

lot 273 (The Collectors Sale, 1st Dec, 2021)

German, c.1952, engraved CARL ZEISS, finished in black enamel and nickel plate, with binocular eyepieces, with instructions dated 1952 and case

Sold for £31    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

SOLD Lot 274 - Collection of microscope slides

Collection of microscope slides

lot 274 (The Collectors Sale, 1st Dec, 2021)

A large collection of slides with 10 modern plastic cases of prepared slides and two old cases of slides by various makers

Sold for £112    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

SOLD Lot 275 - Microscope Slide Makers Cabinet & Slides

Microscope Slide Makers Cabinet & Slides

lot 275 (The Collectors Sale, 1st Dec, 2021)

including a small oak cabinet with seven drawers containing slide making equipment, aong with a slide cabinet containing various microscope slides ... read more

Sold for £105    Result plus buyers premium More details 8  

SOLD Lot 277 - A Finely Constructed  Small Microscope Slide Case

A Finely Constructed Small Microscope Slide Case

lot 277 (The Collectors Sale, 1st Dec, 2021)

mahogany, probably late 19th century, the front opening to reveal 14 drawers with bone handles, each holding six slides, case 20cm across

Sold for £87    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

An Important John Cuff 'First Form', Solar Microscope

lot 362 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)

English, c.1743, unsigned but by Cuff, the square solid mahogany plate with a rotating centre mounted to the front with a brass flange into which ... read more

Estimated at £6,000 - £8,000 More details 6  

18th Century Compass Microscope

lot 363 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)

English, c.1750, unsigned, consisting of a delicately turned handle which screws into the base of the body of the microscope, the body with ... read more

Estimated at £600 - £800 More details 2  

A Late 18th Century Compound Chest Microscope By Dollond, London

lot 364 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)

English, c.late 18th century, signed to the body tube in large font 'DOLLOND LONDON' microscope column on large compass type joint to base of case, ... read more

Estimated at £1,500 - £2,000 More details 5  

SOLD Lot 365 - A Fine 18th Century Solar Microscope By W & S Jones, London

A Fine 18th Century Solar Microscope By W & S Jones, London

lot 365 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)

English, c.1790, signed around the mirror holder in large script 'W & S JONES 30 Holborn London' with adjustable long mirror, screw-in condenser ... read more

Sold for £1,612    Result plus buyers premium More details 6  

SOLD Lot 366 - A Culpeper-Type Compound Monocular Microscope By J. Abraham, Bath

A Culpeper-Type Compound Monocular Microscope By J. Abraham, Bath

lot 366 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)

English, c.1820, signed in script to the stage 'J Abraham Bath' of typical Culpeper form on three scroll legs atop a mahogany base with fitted drawer, ... read more

Sold for £1,488    Result plus buyers premium More details 4  

SOLD Lot 367 - A French Jacob Huysen-Type Compound Microscope

A French Jacob Huysen-Type Compound Microscope

lot 367 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)

French, c.1820, unsigned but in the form of instruments produced by Jacob Huyse, Utrecht, standing on a lead filled bras conical base, with square ... read more

Sold for £620    Result plus buyers premium More details 6  

SOLD Lot 368 - Very Large Early Achromatic Microscope By Dollond, London

Very Large Early Achromatic Microscope By Dollond, London

lot 368 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)

English, c.1830, signed in large script to the foot 'Dollond London', with folding flat tripod base supporting a tapered column surmounted by a ... read more

Sold for £3,596    Result plus buyers premium More details 7  

A Large Ross No.1 Binocular Microscope Re-Fitted by Powell & Lealand

lot 369 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)

c.1858, signed to the back of the foot 'A ROSS, London 1919', standing on a massive 'Y' shaped base with tall uprights supporting the body of the ... read more

Estimated at £12,000 - £14,000 More details 8  

SOLD Lot 370 - A Rare Baker Nelson-Curties No.1 Exhibition Monocular & Binocular Microscope

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

lot 370 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)

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, ... read more

Sold for £7,440    Result plus buyers premium More details 8  

SOLD Lot 371 - A Large & Impressive Ross No.1 Zentmayer Microscope

A Large & Impressive Ross No.1 Zentmayer Microscope

lot 371 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)

English, c.1880, signed to the rear of the massive 'A' shaped base 'ROSS LONDON', with two large architectural brass columns supporting the body of ... read more

Sold for £1,984    Result plus buyers premium More details 5  

SOLD Lot 372 - A Very Fine Late Victorian, Ross Zentmayer Microscope

A Very Fine Late Victorian, Ross Zentmayer Microscope

lot 372 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)

English, c.1880, signed to the rear of the cast brass foot 'ROSS LONDON 5280', on a large and heavy 'A' shaped base with two tall architectural ... read more

Sold for £2,604    Result plus buyers premium More details 6  

SOLD Lot 373 - A Compound Monocular Microscope By Smith & Beck With Important Provenance

A Compound Monocular Microscope By Smith & Beck With Important Provenance

lot 373 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)

English, dated 1858 from the Beck Records, signed to the front of the body tube 'Smith & Beck, 6 Coleman St, London, 1871' from the beck records No. ... read more

Sold for £1,240    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 374 - A Large Binocular Microscope By E. G. Wood, London

A Large Binocular Microscope By E. G. Wood, London

lot 374 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)

English, c.1880, signed in script to the rear of the stand 'E. G. WoodOpticians & C, 74 Cheapside( Removed from W7) London EC', on a traditional Ross ... read more

Sold for £2,356    Result plus buyers premium More details 10  

A Powell & Lealand No.3 Compound Monocular Microscope

lot 375 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)

English, c.1860, signed to top limb 'Powell & Lealand 170 Euston Road, London', standing on typical ‘Powell & Lealand’ tripod with large trunnions ... read more

Estimated at £2,500 - £3,500 More details 6  

SOLD Lot 376 - A Large Beck No.1 Binocular Microscope Outfit

A Large Beck No.1 Binocular Microscope Outfit

lot 376 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)

English, dated from the Beck records 1861 bought by Major Ward, signed to the foot in script 'Smith & Beck 6 Coleman St, London 2662, the microscope ... read more

Sold for £2,604    Result plus buyers premium More details 7  

SOLD Lot 377 - A Large Compound Binocular Microscope By Crouch, London

A Large Compound Binocular Microscope By Crouch, London

lot 377 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)

English, c.1880, signed to the rear of the large stand 'HENRY CROUCH, LONDON, 5862' with plano-concave mirror on sliding collar below focusing ... read more

Sold for £992    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 378 - A Compound  Binocular Microscope Outfit, By Rowley, Brighton

A Compound Binocular Microscope Outfit, By Rowley, Brighton

lot 378 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)

English, c.1880, engraved to the back of the foot, 'T. Rowley & Son, Brighton' microscope on lacquered grey oxidized base, plano-concave mirror in a ... read more

Sold for £868    Result plus buyers premium More details 4  

SOLD Lot 379 - A Well Made Microscope By Rolan, Birmingham

A Well Made Microscope By Rolan, Birmingham

lot 379 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)

English, c.1900, stamped to the base of the lamp ''F.A. Rowlan, Birmingham', the microscope on rectangular lead-filled base with rack and pinion ... read more

Sold for £347    Result plus buyers premium More details 5  

SOLD Lot 380 - An Unusual Brass & Mahogany Dissecting Microscope

An Unusual Brass & Mahogany Dissecting Microscope

lot 380 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)

English, c.1880, signed to the limb 'MASON CLAPHAM LONDON', the mahogany body with hand rests to sides, with concave mirror below in a gimbal, slide ... read more

Sold for £211    Result plus buyers premium More details 5  

SOLD Lot 381 - A Fine Brass Microscope Oil Lamp, Swift, London

A Fine Brass Microscope Oil Lamp, Swift, London

lot 381 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)

English, c.1880, cast into the foot, 'SWIFT & SON LONDON W. C.' on a ring foot with upright column to the rear supporting the oil bottle and shade ... read more

Sold for £1,091    Result plus buyers premium More details 5  

SOLD Lot 382 - A Fine Collins Bocket Microscope Oil Lamp

A Fine Collins Bocket Microscope Oil Lamp

lot 382 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)

English, c.1880, cast into the foot, 'COLLINS LONDON BOCKET MICROSCOPE LAMP' on a ring foot with upright column to the rear supporting the oil ... read more

Sold for £496    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

SOLD Lot 383 - A Microscope Glass Tank or Aquarium

A Microscope Glass Tank or Aquarium

lot 383 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021)

English, c.1860, unmarked, on turned glass stem, top with ground glass edge, small chip to foot, 20cm tall

Sold for £1,736    Result plus buyers premium More details 2