Cameras & Scientific Instruments

A mid-19th Century Smith and Beck lacquered brass 'Number One Stand' Compound Monocular Microscope, serial no. 2425, with eyepiece, 1½in. objective with can and lieberkuhn, circular mechanical polarising stage and condenser engraved to perimeter of stage 40 - 0 - 180 degrees, on flat tripod base with twin-pillar trunnion, circa 1854, 490mm high, overall G, but body-tube separated from limb and mostly tarnished

A 19th Century R & J Beck lacquered brass 'Large Best or No. 1' Compound Binocular Microscope, serial no. 6637, with pair of eyepieces, Wenham prism, circular mechanical polarising stage and condenser engraved to perimeter of stage 40 - 0 - 180 degrees,

A 19th Century J H Dallmeyer lacquered brass Transit Instrument, with 2in telescope, with lens cap, body tube signed J H Dallmeyer, London, and divided scale with micrometer reader, on massive iron trunnion, with brass divided clamps to base, 560mm high, P-F, with later wooden case