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Monocular Viewing Dissecting Microscope, 19th Century (OPTIC04)

Watson

Monocular Viewing Dissecting Microscope, 19th Century (OPTIC04)

On Auction at eBay

This unique collectible resides in The Fulford Collection and is on auction on eBay April 22-25, 2021 with bidding some items extended thru May 1. Please visit our eBay Store to place a bid.

This is a civilian Dissecting Microscope in its wooden case.

According to collector George Fulford's notes:

I know I don’t have the correct title for this piece, in fact I had forgotten I even had it till I opened the lid. But it’s very attractive and the extra viewing lens is still in its original cardboard container. Another surprise was finding it had a drawer in the bottom of the case and inside was another monocular lens and two exquisite ivory handled knives.

Wow, I shudda gone to Google first, but I’m leaving the above alone to indicate my total ignorance. Google has a lot on the Watson company and even a picture and description of this item. It is a ‘Simple Dissecting Microscope’, produced before 1890 – because of its serial number of 2537 – and that the Watson Company merged with the Dutch Phillips Company in 1966.

Lesson learned: I’ll Google all future items ahead of writing about them.


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