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Geneva, Sep 22, 2021
LOT 443
William Rushby
Folding naturalist’s pocket microscope; bone, glass, leather
CHF 1,500 - 2,000
EUR 1,400 - 1,850 / USD 1,650 - 2,200 / HKD 12,800 - 17,100
Folding naturalist’s pocket microscope with turned bone handle and its magnifying lens also folding. The instrument is mounted on a shaft with a spike to fix the subject to be observed: plants, insects, etc.
With its embossed leather case marked “W: Rushby Cherry Tres = Hill”, on the reverse, two ammonites.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Brand William Rushby, Cherry Tree Hill, near Sheffield, Yorkshire (England)
Year 1787-1798
Material bone, glass, leather
Dimensions L. instrument 47.4 mm. / L. case 54 x 26.3 x 22.9 mm.
Weight 33.4 gr. (approx.)
Accessories original fitted box
Notes
Rushby, William (c.1745. – c.1810)
Manufacturer of scientific instruments active in Cherry Tree Hill, a village not far from Sheffield in Yorkshire, England.
This type of microscope is first illustrated in Essays on the Microscope by George Adams Junior (1750-1795), inventor and maker of scientific instruments for King George III (1738-1820).
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