candle illuminator for microscopy
Date: circa 1875
Inventory Number: 2002-1-0071
Classification: Microscope Illuminator
Subject:
Maker: English ?
Maker: American ?
Cultural Region:
Dimensions:
21 × 10.6 × 6 cm (8 1/4 × 4 3/16 × 2 3/8 in.)
box: 22.9 × 26 × 19.7 cm (9 × 10 1/4 × 7 3/4 in.)
Description:
Solid brass base supports a pillar that carries a candle holder on a moveable sleeve. This would have been used like a bull's eye lens to direct the light onto the microscope stage or mirror.
In Collection(s)
Signedunsigned
Curatorial RemarksThe maker is the same as that of 2002-1-0070, a bull's eye condenser.
ProvenancePeabody Museum, Salem (no. T.58); received by David P. Wheatland, November 1957, on permanent loan to CHSI.