A lacquered-brass Gould-type botanist's microscope
by Watkins & Hill, early 19th century
the tapering barrel threading into a limb atop the pillar with rack-and-pinion adjusted stage and concave mirror, arranged to screw into a brass ferrule on the lid of the case, with stage forceps and three six-celled ivory slides, in fitted case with trade label WATKINS & HILL, Opticians, 5, Charing Cross, LONDON.
4½in. (12cm.) wide
A lacquered-brass Gould-type botanist's microscope
by Watkins & Hill, early 19th century
the tapering barrel threading into a limb atop the pillar with rack-and-pinion adjusted stage and concave mirror, arranged to screw into a brass ferrule on the lid of the case, with stage forceps and three six-celled ivory slides, in fitted case with trade label WATKINS & HILL, Opticians, 5, Charing Cross, LONDON.
4½in. (12cm.) wide
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