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Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Apr 13, 2002

LOT 156

Thury & Amey, Geneva, circa 1870. Fine small brass microscope with a material slide.

CHF 2,000 - 3,000

EUR 1,400 - 2,000 / USD 1,200 - 1,800

Sold: CHF 4,025

U-shaped painted black cast-iron base, trapezoidal rack column, high-power lens with revolving dividing plate calibrated for 360°, brass slide with decimal calibration and also with circular adjustment, adjustable mirror below. Signed on the arm. Dim. 32 x 20 cm.


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Good condition. Thury & Amey were prominent opticians in Geneva, where a street is named after Thury.