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A Rare Joshua Springer Cuff-type Compound Monocular Microscope, English, second half 18th century, image 1
A Rare Joshua Springer Cuff-type Compound Monocular Microscope, English, second half 18th century, image 2
A Rare Joshua Springer Cuff-type Compound Monocular Microscope, English, second half 18th century, image 3
The Dr. Murray MacKinnon Collection of Microscopes
Lot 107

A Rare Joshua Springer Cuff-type Compound Monocular Microscope,
English, second half 18th century,

15 September 2021, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£2,500 - £3,500

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A Rare Joshua Springer Cuff-type Compound Monocular Microscope, English, second half 18th century,

the stage signed J. Springer BRISTOL, of standard Cuff design, on ebonised mahogany base with drawer fitted with five objectives, two oculars, screw barrel, fishplate, additional lenses, and bone slide, in mahogany pillar case with empty drawer to the base,
the microscope on base 14in (35.5cm) high

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Provenance:
From the collection of Dr MacKinnon.

Joshua Springer is recorded as operating at three different addresses in Bristol, between 1759-1809.

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