Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Auction: February 24, 2022 10:00:00 AM EDT
The microscope base inscribed 'A. Ross, London, No. 384,' with rack and pinion adjustments and fine focusing and a plano/convex mirror; the separate binocular lens attachment with two removable lenses in a small fitted mahogany box with brass plaque inscribed 'George Coles' with Coles family crest of a snake encircling a column; the mahogany case fitted with drawers fitted with additional eyepieces, lenses, and an assortment of glass slides.
H: 20 3/4, W: 12, D: 10 1/2 in. (case)Provenance
Freeman’s, Philadelphia, October 6, 2010, lot 1232.
Acquired directly from the above sale.
Private Collection, Long Island, New York.