A Davon Super Microscope
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1920
Materials
Brass, Iron, Glass
Measurements
155 x 110 x 100 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525091.9
Summary
A microscope with brass rack and pinion focussing and circular sample plate with spring retainers. It is constructed from brass and iron and has two adjustment screws on the base. On the side of the barrel is etched 'The Davon Super Microscope Patent No 16676/14 F.Davidson & Co. London W1'.
Provenance
Part of The Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986