1st May, 2018 11:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Britannia')
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[M] A COLLECTION OF APPROXIMATELY 550 MICROSCOPE...
A COLLECTION OF APPROXIMATELY 550 MICROSCOPE SLIDES, CIRCA 1870
comprising a quantity of natural history slides with makers including Newton & Co., Carpenter & Westerly, C.N. Peal, Stanley, mostly fully decorated paper covers, many annotated by hand and some dated, contained within a slide cabinet of 24 numbered drawers with three compartments of eight slides per compartment, with glass fronted door and inset brass handle -- 16¼ x 11¼in. (41.5 x 28.5cm.)
comprising a quantity of natural history slides with makers including Newton & Co., Carpenter & Westerly, C.N. Peal, Stanley, mostly fully decorated paper covers, many annotated by hand and some dated, contained within a slide cabinet of 24 numbered drawers with three compartments of eight slides per compartment, with glass fronted door and inset brass handle -- 16¼ x 11¼in. (41.5 x 28.5cm.)
Sold for £3,968
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
A COLLECTION OF APPROXIMATELY 550 MICROSCOPE SLIDES, CIRCA 1870
comprising a quantity of natural history slides with makers including Newton & Co., Carpenter & Westerly, C.N. Peal, Stanley, mostly fully decorated paper covers, many annotated by hand and some dated, contained within a slide cabinet of 24 numbered drawers with three compartments of eight slides per compartment, with glass fronted door and inset brass handle -- 16¼ x 11¼in. (41.5 x 28.5cm.)
comprising a quantity of natural history slides with makers including Newton & Co., Carpenter & Westerly, C.N. Peal, Stanley, mostly fully decorated paper covers, many annotated by hand and some dated, contained within a slide cabinet of 24 numbered drawers with three compartments of eight slides per compartment, with glass fronted door and inset brass handle -- 16¼ x 11¼in. (41.5 x 28.5cm.)
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Britannia'), 1st May, 2018
