Microscope
Category
Scientific instruments
Date
Unknown
Materials
ebony, gilt & glass
Measurements
410 x 170 mm; 440 mm (Height); 200 mm (Width)
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 288226
Summary
Microscope on a square canted mahogany base veneered with ebony, with moulded sides and chamfered top. A gilt-metal tripod with a circular wooden top supports the upper part of the microscope. A mirror is at the base. The microscope is of turned ebony covered with a scale pattern red and white cylinder. In a tapered mahogany case with a square base, a smaller sqaure top.