An Exceptionally Fine Powell & Lealand "No. 1" Compound Monocular/Binocular Microscope Outfit
lot 1 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
English, dated 1871, signed in script to the top of the bar-limb ‘POWELL & LEALAND, 170 Euston Road, London’, of standard No.1 construction standing ... read more
Sold for £38,400 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
An Impressive Ross No.1 With Stephenson's Binocular Adaption
lot 2 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
English, c. 1870, signed to the back of the large 'Y' shaped foot Ross London', standing on a large lacquered brass ‘Y’ shaped base with tall ... read more
Estimated at £6,000 - £8,000 More details 2
An exceptionally fine and rare Swift & Son’s Presentation Binocular Microscope
lot 3 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
English, c. 1877, boldly engraved to the back of the foot ‘JAMES SWIFT, 43 UNIVERSITY ST, LONDON W.c. PATENT’, standing on a large brass lacquered ... read more
Sold for £8,640 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
A Fine Binocular 'Large Best', or 'N°1 Stand' Microscope Outfit
lot 4 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
English, dated 1858*, signed in script to the foot ‘Smith & Beck 6 Coleman St. LONDON’ and ‘N°1873’, the microscope stands on a flat tripod foot with ... read more
Sold for £3,240 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
A W & S Jones Most Improved Microscope
lot 5 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
English c. 1798, signed to the foot ‘W & S JONES 30 Holborn London’, with folding tripod foot, central boss supporting tall column with compass-type ... read more
Sold for £780 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
lot 6 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
English, unsigned, c. 1800, with bone handle screwing in to the lacquered brass body, with forceps to the front, with wheel of 6 lenses in a cell at ... read more
Sold for £2,640 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
A 19th Century Culpeper-Type Microscope
lot 7 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
English, signed to the stage in script ‘F Day, 37 Poultry LONDON’, of typical form on circular brass base, with concave mirror in a gimbal, scroll ... read more
Sold for £2,640 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
A Very Fine Collection of 18th & 19th Century Microscope Spares
lot 8 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
housed in an attractive French polished mahogany table collector's cabinet, drawer 1 contains mainly 18th century microscope parts including a large ... read more
Sold for £3,360 Result plus buyers premium More details 6
A Compound Achromatic Microscope
lot 9 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
English, c. 1840, signed to the body tube ‘CARPENTER & WESTLEY 24 Regent Street, LONDON’. The microscope stands on a heavy cast iron flat tripod base ... read more
Sold for £1,056 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
An Early Acromatic Compound Microscope
lot 10 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
English, c. 1860, signed in script along the side of the bar limb 'Ruck Maker Cheltenham', standing on a large Powell & Lealand style tripod base, ... read more
Estimated at £500 - £700 More details 3
A Large 19th Century French Compound Microscope Outfit
lot 11 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
French, c. 1877, signed in script to the body tube ‘Mon E. Hart & A. Praz A Prazmowski sucr, Rue Bonaparte, 1. Paris’, Standing on a heavy ... read more
Sold for £1,440 Result plus buyers premium More details 6
A Large 19th Century German Compound Microscope Outfit
lot 12 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
German, c. 1870, signed to front of body tube 'GUNDLACH BERLIN', on 'Y' shaped foot with swept support to rear, compass-type joint to underside of ... read more
Sold for £3,000 Result plus buyers premium More details 7
lot 13 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
English, c. 1900, signed to the rear of the stand ‘Baker 244 High Holborn, London’, contained in a polished leather case lined with green baize, ... read more
Sold for £384 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
Swifts Improved Clinical, Zoologist & Field Microscope
lot 14 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
English, c. 1900, signed to the body tube 'J. Swift & Son, London No.270, standing on a folding tripod base with a plano-concave mirror in a gimbal ... read more
Sold for £576 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
lot 15 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
English, c. 1830/40, unsigned, rectangular sectioned pillar screws into boss on top of case lid, concave mirror pins into base of column, stage on ... read more
Sold for £480 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
lot 16 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
English, c. 1830/40, unsigned, rectangular sectioned pillar screws into boss on top of case lid, concave mirror pins into base of column, stage on ... read more
Sold for £324 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
lot 17 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
English, c. 1840, unsigned with rack and pinion focusing, with three simple objectives and glass stage, in original French polished mahogany case. ... read more
Estimated at £200 - £300 More details 1
lot 18 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
English, c. 1840, unsigned with push/pull focusing, with three simple objectives and glass stage, in original French polished mahogany case. Case ... read more
Sold for £240 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
An Unusual Petrological Microscope By R & J Beck
lot 19 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
English, c. 1897*, signed to the rear of the foot ‘R & J Beck London 21067’, the microscope stands on a heavy lead filled ‘Y’ shaped base with a ... read more
Sold for £1,200 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
A ‘Petros’ Petrological Microscope
lot 20 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
English, c. 1890, engraved to the foot ‘J Swift & Son, London’, and engraved at the side ‘I.c.S.T. Geo Lab 887’, on a black enamelled tripod base ... read more
Sold for £1,200 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
A Petrological Challenge ‘B’ Microscope
lot 21 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
English, c. 1880, signed to the rear of the foot ’J. Swift & Son 81 Tottenham Court Rd, London’, standing on a large lacquered brass tripod base with ... read more
Sold for £2,040 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
A Watson 'Royal' Compound Microscope
lot 22 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
English, dated 1915, signed to the rear of the foot ‘W Watson & Sons Ltd, 313 High Holborn, London', the microscope supported on a black lacquered ... read more
Sold for £864 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
lot 23 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
English, c. 1920s, with plaque that reads 'PROJECTION MICRO-PROJECTOR Flatters & Garnet', on large tripod foot with lamp house, water cooler, slide ... read more
Sold for £600 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
lot 24 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
German, c. 1910, signed 'Abbe's Apertometer, Carl Zeiss Jena', the semicircular ground glass fixed to a black lacquered brass frame with single swing ... read more
Estimated at £300 - £500 More details
lot 25 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
English, c. 1880, signed around the base 'Watson & Sons, 313 High Holborn, London', constructed of lacquered brass with adjustable bullseye condenser, ... read more
Sold for £3,600 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
A Powell & Lealand Binocular Body Tube
lot 26 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
English, c. 1870, unsigned, constructed of lacquered brass with fine threaded female screw base, rack and pinion inter-ocular adjustment, with ... read more
Sold for £480 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
A Collection of Seven Powell & Lealand Eyepieces & Collars
lot 27 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
including: an eyepiece engraved ‘Powell & Lealand 20’, 30mm dia, an eyepiece engraved ‘Powell & Lealand 40’, 29mm dia, an eyepiece engraved ‘Powell & ... read more
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A Collection of Powell & Lealand Substage Condensers
lot 28 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
including: one with a paper label which reads ‘(P & L) Dr Edmunds Immersion Paraboloid MMJ Aug 1871 JRMS 1878 192’, 36mm dia, a condenser engraved ... read more
Sold for £840 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
A Fine Powell & Lealand Achromatic Substage Condenser
lot 29 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
English, c. 1870, engraved around the top plate in large letters ‘POWELL & LEALAND’, with rotating wheel of apertures and wheel of stops with screw ... read more
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A Large Powell & Lealand 1 1/2 inch objective
lot 30 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
English, c. 1870, signed to the lid of the can ’POWELL & LEALAND, LONDON, 1 1/2 Apochromatic’, objective engraved ’POWELL & LEALAND, Apochromatic, ... read more
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A Powell & Lealand ¼ inch Objective
lot 31 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
English, c. 1870, signed to the lid of the can ’POWELL & LEALAND, LONDON, ¼ Apochromatic, N.A. 0.95’, objective with correction collar and engraved ... read more
Sold for £228 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
An Important Powell & Lealand 1/8 inch Objective
lot 32 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
English, c. 1870, signed to the lid of the can ’POWELL & LEALAND, LONDON, 1/8 Oil Immersion, N.A. 1.5’, objective with correction collar and engraved ... read more
Sold for £696 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
An Important Powell & Lealand 1/10 inch N.A. 1.5 Objective
lot 33 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
English, c. 1870, signed to the lid of the can ’POWELL & LEALAND, LONDON, 1/10 Apochromatic Oil Immersion, N.A. 1.5’, objective with correction ... read more
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An Important Powell & Lealand 1/10 inch N.A. 1.4 Objective
lot 34 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
English, c. 1870, signed to the lid of the can ’POWELL & LEALAND, LONDON, 1/10 Apochromatic Oil Immersion, N.A. 1.4’, objective with correction ... read more
Sold for £276 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
A Powell & Lealand 1/12 inch Objective
lot 35 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
English, c. 1870, signed to the lid of the can ’POWELL & LEALAND, LONDON, 1/12 Semi Apo Oil Imm, N.A. 1.4’, objective with correction collar and ... read more
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A Powell & Lealand 1/16 inch Objective
lot 36 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
English, c. 1870, signed to the lid of the ‘1/16’, objective with correction collar and engraved ‘POWELL & LEALAND’ with separate can containing 1/16 ... read more
Sold for £336 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
A Powell & Lealand 1/20 inch Objective
lot 37 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
English, c. 1870, signed to the lid of the can ’POWELL & LEALAND, LONDON, 1/20 Apochromatic Oil Immersion, N.A. 1.4’, objective with correction ... read more
Sold for £192 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
A Powell & Lealand 1/25 inch Objective
lot 38 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
English, c. 1870, signed to the lid of the can ‘1/25’, objective with correction collar and engraved ’POWELL & LEALAND, 1/25 Immersion, N.A. 1.4’.
Sold for £624 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
An Important Powell & Lealand 1/50 inch Objective
lot 39 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
English, c. 1870, in wrong can engraved ‘1/25’, objective with correction collar and engraved ’POWELL & LEALAND, No22, 1/50 Immersion’.
Sold for £1,440 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
A Collection Of Uncased Powell & Lealand Objectives
lot 40 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
including: a Powell & Lealand 1/16 Inch Objective with correction collar, a Powell & Lealand 1/5 Inch Objective with correction collar, two 1/8 front ... read more
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Large Cabinet of Microscope slides
lot 41 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
cabinet, English, c. 1870, unsigned but in the manner of Smith & Beck, constructed of French polished mahogany on a plinth base, glazed door to front ... read more
Sold for £2,760 Result plus buyers premium More details 12
A Large Cabinet of Microscope Slides
lot 42 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
cabinet, English, c. 1880, unsigned, constructed of French polished pine with 21 drawers each capable of holding 48 slides, each drawer with a white ... read more
Sold for £6,000 Result plus buyers premium More details 21
A good collection of Microscope Slides
lot 43 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
case, c. Mid 20th Century, constructed of polished light wood, with fold up top with lift out drawers, with 12 trays each capable of holding 12 ... read more
Sold for £1,560 Result plus buyers premium More details 13
A Good Collection of Mineral Microscope Slides
lot 44 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
in two flip front cases, one case constructed of French polished mahogany, the other polished oak, sets contain many fine mineral sections by ... read more
Sold for £1,320 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
A Fine Collection Of Victorian Opaque Microscope Slides
lot 45 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
case, English, c. 1870, unsigned, constructed of French polished mahogany with velvet lining, slides all amateur prepared but of very high quality, ... read more
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A Collection of Microscope Microphotograph Slides
lot 46 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
in two flip front cases both constructed of polished oak, slides including 9 slides by J. B. Dancer, 14 with labels for ‘A Photographic Curiosity’ ... read more
Sold for £504 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
A Collection of Microscope Microphotograph Slides
lot 47 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
in a flip front case constructed of polished oak, slides including 2 slides by J. B. Dancer including an early diamond engraved slide, 4 with labels ... read more
Sold for £540 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
A Large Microscope Slide Cabinet by J. B. Dancer
lot 48 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
English, c. 1860, with plaque to top for 'J. B. Dancer, Optician, Manchester', cabinet constructed of French polished mahogany, top with recessed ... read more
Sold for £2,160 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
A Collection of Microscope Microphotograph Slides
lot 49 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
in a flip front case constructed of polished pine, slides including 2 slides by J. B. Dancer , one slide showing Saturn, Niagra Falls, £1000 note and ... read more
Sold for £744 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
A Collection of Arranged Foraminifera Microscope Slides
lot 50 (Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 18th Oct, 2019)
in a flip front case constructed of polished oak, amateur prepared slides but of very high quality and in good clean condition (approximately 22 ... read more
Sold for £168 Result plus buyers premium More details 1