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A Moritz Pillischer Compound Monocular Microscope, English, Mid 19th century, image 1
A Moritz Pillischer Compound Monocular Microscope, English, Mid 19th century, image 2
The Dr. Murray MacKinnon Collection of Microscopes
Lot 89

A Moritz Pillischer Compound Monocular Microscope,
English, Mid 19th century,

15 September 2021, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Moritz Pillischer Compound Monocular Microscope, English, Mid 19th century,

signed M. Pillischer Optician, 419 Oxford Strt, London, No. 27, with rack and pinion and lever and screw focusing, mechanical stage with wheel of stops and plano/concave mirror below, on tripod stand, in mahogany case with two objectives, bench condenser, ocular, analyser, specimen plate and livebox,
the microscope 16in (41cm) high

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Provenance:
From the collection of Dr MacKinnon.

The present model is thought to be one of the oldest known Pillscher microscopes, and a rare example produced at 419 Oxford Street after 1845.

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