Compound microscope by Marratt & Short

Signed: MARRATT & SHORT 63 King William St LONDON BRIDGE
Box 18 x 17,5 x 13 cm, max. height 38 cm.

The lacquered brass microscope stands on a mahogany plate. The microscope operates via a rack and pinion adjustment, with fine focus by a short lever on the nosepiece. It has an adjustable stage on a tilting base; it is fitted with a concave mirror to the base. The microscope has its original mahogany box retaining its original finish, brass handle escutcheon and lock; two objectives with two canisters signed respectively In. ¼ and In. 1 on the cap, two eye pieces, a slide drawer with some plain slides and also a small circular three legged slide viewer. The glass of the mirror is original, but the silvering has perished somewhat with age. Inside the case there is a drawer with an ivory pull containing a small glass bottle with Canada balsam and some glass slides.