Object Details
- Description
- Six graduated hand-held microscopes housed in a rectangular leather-bound case with two brass hook-and-eye closures. The interior of the case is lined with a faded rust-colored chamois cloth. Each microscope has a brass barrel case with rounded ebony handle. A small pin inside the barrel is used to secure specimens. The uniformity of the workmanship of the microscopes, the simplicity of the turned wooden handles, and the rust-colored, chamois-lined, interior of the case indicates this set was made in the first half of the 19th century.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- ca 1800
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0907
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-06303
- collector/donor number
- SAP 995
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0907
- Object Name
- magnifying glasses
- microscope, hand-held, set
- Physical Description
- brass (overall material)
- ebony (overall material)
- glass (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- leather (overall material)
- chomis (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5.3 cm x 17.3 cm x 16.7 cm; 2 3/32 in x 6 13/16 in x 6 9/16 in
- overall, case: 2 1/8 in x 6 3/4 in x 6 5/8 in; 5.3975 cm x 17.145 cm x 16.8275 cm
- Related Publication
- Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
- Queckett, John thomas. Practische Handbrich der Mikroskopie. Atlas
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Pharmacy
- Microscopy
- Record ID
- nmah_994346
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-0277-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
