Microscope Set
date: label: date made
content: ca 1800
notes: label: Description
content: Six graduated hand-held microscopes housed in a rectangular leather-bound case with two brass hook-and-eye closures. The interior of the case is lined with a faded rust-colored chamois cloth. Each microscope has a brass barrel case with rounded ebony handle. A small pin inside the barrel is used to secure specimens. The uniformity of the workmanship of the microscopes, the simplicity of the turned wooden handles, and the rust-colored, chamois-lined, interior of the case indicates this set was made in the first half of the 19th century.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Pharmacy
label: Subject
content: Microscopy
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: European Apothecary
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content: Art
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
label: Related Publication
content: Queckett, John thomas. Practische Handbrich der Mikroskopie. Atlas
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0664.0907
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-06303
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 995
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0907
objectType: label: Object Name
content: magnifying glasses
label: Object Name
content: microscope, hand-held, set
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ebony (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: chomis (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5.3 cm x 17.3 cm x 16.7 cm; 2 3/32 in x 6 13/16 in x 6 9/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall, case: 2 1/8 in x 6 3/4 in x 6 5/8 in; 5.3975 cm x 17.145 cm x 16.8275 cm