3rd Aug, 2023 10:00

Summer Fine Art and Antiques Sale

 
Lot 419
 

419

WATKINS & HILL, CHARING CROSS, LONDON. AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY TRAVELLING MICROSCOPE

WATKINS & HILL, CHARING CROSS, LONDON. AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY TRAVELLING MICROSCOPE with figured mahogany case and ebony strung border opening to reveal a fitted velvet lined interior with lacquered brass microscope on rack and pinion stand together with various tools and fittings, three ivory slides each with six different parts of insects.

UK Ivory Act 2018 Exemption Submission Reference - B8M8AZZ1

Box 14.5cm wide

Sold for £700


 

Auction: Summer Fine Art and Antiques Sale, 3rd Aug, 2023

including fine art and antiques.

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