Benjamin Martin attr. universal Microscope
€ 5000,00
a good English Microscope
Dimensions
Height 33,5 cm
Circa
1770
Country of manufacture
UK and Ireland
Description
A Universal Microscope unsigned but attributed to Benjamin Martin (1704-1784)
London circa 1770
made of lacquered brass, folding tripod, concave-mirror in a gimbal (gimbal with old repair),
stage, fine focus mechanism.
Condition: seems almost perfect. The dark color of the brass lacquer and the darkened brass parts (feet) seem unusual compared to other Benjamin Martin microscopes, so it could be that the lacquer was renewed circa 1900.
Height c. 33,5 cm.
Provenance: German private collection since circa 2005, then Austrian private collection.
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WissenschaftlichesKabinet
Wissenschaftliches Kabinett
The Wissenschaftliches Kabinett is based in the inner city of Vienna, Austria and was established in 1988 by Dr. Max Weber. Later it was taken over by Simon Weber-Unger who specializes in antique scientific and natural history antiques. The Wissenschaftliches Kabinett Simon Weber-Unger exhibits at the Hofburg Antique Fair in Vienna, the Residenz Antique Fair in Salzburg, the antique scientific instrument fair in London and at antique fairs in Zurich and Munich. Simon Weber-Unger is the head of the antique scientific instrument department and antique camera department at the auction house Dorotheum in Vienna and has published articles about scientific instruments in several magazines.
