Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
New York, Oct 18, 2026
SMITH & BECK, UK, GILT BRASS
A fine and rare, victorian, gilt brass monocular compound microscope with three lens arrays, objective lens tube with large wheel for focusing, straight-type rack and pinion, horizontally and vertically adjustable rotating specimen slide with brass adjustment wheels, lower lens tube with an array of three extra correcting lenses, double-sided pivoted and rotating mirror with flat and concave mirrors, the frame pivoted on two substantial brass pillars, rotating on a circular base with three brass feet.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 2-6-8 |
Very good Slightly oxidized Slightly scratched |
Brand Smith & Beck, UK
Year circa 1855
Case No. 1893
Diameter 470 x 200
Signature case
Accessories original fitted wooden box
