Bertrand furnace-style toy drum compound microscope
Date: circa 1840
Inventory Number: 1052
Classification: Microscope
Dimensions:microscope: 7.6 × 3.2 × 2.7 cm (3 × 1 1/4 × 1 1/16 in.)
box: 3.5 × 8.7 × 5.1 cm (1 3/8 × 3 7/16 × 2 in.)
Accessories: One slide; forceps; case
Description:
This toy drum microscope is made of brass with blackened sections at the objective end, the stage, and the mirror mount.
It can be mounted on top of its little wood box by sliding the round base into a large, tapered dovetail. The accessories include one glass slide and a brass tweezers.