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A Large Gilkerson & McAll Compound and Simple Microscope, English, 1826-1830, image 1
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The Dr. Murray MacKinnon Collection of Microscopes
Lot 140Ф,Y

A Large Gilkerson & McAll Compound and Simple Microscope,
English, 1826-1830,

15 September 2021, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £5,737.50 inc. premium

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A Large Gilkerson & McAll Compound and Simple Microscope, English, 1826-1830,

signed on the foot GILKERSON & McALL Tower Hill London, the rectangular stage with screw focusing and sub-stage condenser and plano/concave reflector, in fitted base with seven numbered objectives, two objectives with covers and five Lieberkühns, talc box, fish plate and set of specimen slides, in fitted mahogany case,
the case 18in (46cm) wide

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Provenance:
Ex-Lot 62, Bonhams, Knightsbridge, 4 April, 2017.
The collection of Dr MacKinnon.

The present microscope was probably made by George or Dudley Adams, and retailed by Gilkerson and Mcall.

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