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A Fine Swift & Son "Challenge" Binocular/Monocular Compound Microscope, English, circa 1880, image 1
A Fine Swift & Son "Challenge" Binocular/Monocular Compound Microscope, English, circa 1880, image 2
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A Fine Swift & Son "Challenge" Binocular/Monocular Compound Microscope, English, circa 1880, image 4
The Dr. Murray MacKinnon Collection of Microscopes
Lot 147

A Fine Swift & Son "Challenge" Binocular/Monocular Compound Microscope,
English, circa 1880,

15 September 2021, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £4,462.50 inc. premium

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A Fine Swift & Son "Challenge" Binocular/Monocular Compound Microscope, English, circa 1880,

signed Swift & Son, 81 Tottenham Court Rd London WC, with near-complete set of accessories, including two Swift and nine Powell & Lealand objectives, six oculars, monocular and binocular tubes, three separate substage assemblages, one made by Powell & Lealand, bench condenser, double nosepiece, livebox, and a Wenham prism oblique illuminator, in oak case, together with a file of notes and cataloguing compiled by Dr Mackinnon,
the microscope 15in (38cm) high

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From the collection of Dr MacKinnon.

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