
Jon Baddeley
Specialist Consultant Collectors, Science & Marine
This auction has ended. View lot details




Sold for £1,083.75 inc. premium
Our Scientific Instruments specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.
Find your local specialist
Specialist Consultant Collectors, Science & Marine

Head of Department
Provenance:
From the collection of Dr MacKinnon.
Matthew Berge (d.1819) spent much of his career making scientific instruments at 199 Piccadilly, London (circa 1802-1817). In addition to microscopes such as the present example, he is known to have sold barometers, sextant telescopes, sectors, and gunner's callipers among other instruments. His work under and subsequent taking over of Jesse Ramsden's operations meant that he had access to Ramsden's dividing engine.