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Smalll Victorian Monocular Field Microscope
Located in Norwich, GB
Small Victorian monocular field microscope Brass framed monocular field microscope house in
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1890s English Antique Microscope

Materials

Brass

Dancer Field Microscope in Fine Condition
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A very clean and complete Dancer field microscope designed to fit into a small case for use in the
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19th Century Antique Microscope

Materials

Brass

Antique Dancer Field Microscope in Fine Condition
Dancer Field Microscope in Fine Condition
H 14.97 in W 7.88 in D 7.09 in
Microscope cloth counting glass by Casartelli
Located in London, GB
Microscope cloth counting glass by J. Casartelli & Son of Manchester. Circa 1910. In original
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Early 20th Century English Antique Microscope

Materials

Brass

Rare Antique Engraving of Microscopes, 1749
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'A true Representation of sveral microscopes with some objects (..)'. Print of
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18th Century Antique Microscope

Materials

Paper

Antique Microscope in Original Box, circa 1900
Located in Greven, DE
Antique travel microscope in unrestored found condition. The brass should be polished and the
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Early 20th Century French Antique Microscope

Materials

Brass

Antique Print of a Lucernal Microscope, 1788
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Adams' Lucernal Microscope'. Print of a Lucernal Microscope. This print
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18th Century Antique Microscope

Materials

Paper

Antique Scholar's Microscope, English, Brass, Scientific Instrument, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique scholar's microscope. An English, brass and enamelled metal scientific
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Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Microscope

Materials

Brass

Universal Microscope by R & J Beck of London, 1867.
Located in London, GB
Universal Microscope by R & J Beck of London, 1867. Serial number: 4757. Circular base marked
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Microscope

Materials

Brass

Antique Cased Microscope, English, Scientific Instrument, J Swift, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique cased microscope. An English, enamelled metal and brass scientific instrument by
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Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Microscope

Materials

Brass

19th Century Microscope Slide Cabinet and 280 Slides
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A fine 19th century mahogany slide case with glazed door and original brass carrying handle, containing 20 drawers each with numbered ebony knobs. All with 14 slides. circa 1845.
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Mid-19th Century Antique Microscope

Materials

Brass

Antique Cased Microscope, English, Scientific Instrument, Swift & Son, Edwardian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique cased microscope. An English, black enamel scientific instrument by J. Swift
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Early 20th Century British Edwardian Antique Microscope

Materials

Brass, Enamel

Antique American "Bausch & Lomb" Compound Monocular Microscope, Circa 1890-1910.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique American "Bausch & Lomb" Microscope in Compound Monocular Design, Circa 1890-1910
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Late 19th Century American Antique Microscope

Materials

Brass

Antique Pocket Field Microscope, English, Brass, Instrument, Edwardian, C.1910
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique scientist's field microscope. An English, brass, pocket instrument, dating to
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Early 20th Century British Antique Microscope

Materials

Brass

Taxidermy Natural History Collection of 20 19th C Microscope Specimen Slides
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A collection of 20 Victorian glass microscope specimens slides, with hand penned titles and
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19th Century English Antique Microscope

Materials

Natural Fiber, Glass, Paper

18th Century George Sterrop Cuff Type Microscope in Original Mahogancy Case
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A fine 18th century cuff type microscope by Sterrop, London The microscope stands on a mahogany
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18th Century English Antique Microscope

Materials

Mahogany

Detailed Study of the Housefly: Anatomy Under the Microscope, Bertuch, 1805
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: "Detailed Study of the Housefly: Anatomy Under the Microscope, Bertuch, 1805" Description
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Early 1800s Antique Microscope

Materials

Paper

A Pair of Antique English Walnut Tabletop Microscope Slide Collectors Cabinets
Located in Glasgow, GB
A super pair of tabletop microscope slide specimen collectors cabinets in walnut and dating to the
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Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Microscope

Materials

Brass, Other

Compound Microscope with Box and Key by R. Winkel, Göttingen, Nr. 18507
Located in Austin, TX
A fine working German compound microscope, circa 1910, by R. Winkel, Gottingen, Germany, in a
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Early 20th Century German Antique Microscope

Materials

Metal, Brass, Nickel

Milan 1910/20 F.lli Koristka Antique Microscope Wooden Box with Accessories
Located in Milan, IT
Tri-ocular optical microscope Euskop model, antique scientific instrument of painted brass and
Category

1910s Italian Antique Microscope

Materials

Brass

Carl Zeiss Stand IV Brass Continental Microscope W/ Case and Slides, circa 1891
By Carl Zeiss
Located in Norwalk, CT
This incredible microscope dates from the late 19th century, during which Carl Zeiss and Edward
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1890s German Antique Microscope

Materials

Brass

Milan 1920/30 Antique Microscope by F.lli Koristka Wooden Box with Accessories
Located in Milan, IT
Optical microscope signed F.lli Koristka Milano n. 42870 produced between 1920/30, of chromed and
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1920s Italian Antique Microscope

Materials

Brass

18th century Dutch portrait of a family group in an interior
Located in Bath, Somerset
, a Culpeper microscope on the table and a globe on the floor. The case for the microscope can be seen
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18th Century Old Masters Antique Microscope

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Wild Rose Botanical Study: Delicate Flowers and Ripened Hips, Bertuch, 1805
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: "Detailed Study of the Housefly: Anatomy Under the Microscope, Bertuch, 1805" Description
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Early 1800s Antique Microscope

Materials

Paper

19th Century R. & J. Beck Stereoscope
By R.&J. Beck 1
Located in Norwood, NJ
microscopes, stereoscopes, and photographic lenses. See: Hannavy, J. Encyclopedia of nineteenth-century
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Microscope

Materials

Brass

19th Century R. & J. Beck Stereoscope
19th Century R. & J. Beck Stereoscope
H 13.5 in W 10.25 in D 9 in
Geometrical and Graphical Essays by George Adams (1750-1795)
Located in Middletown, NY
, and for inventing the lucernal microscope, a type of projection microscope where the image is
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Early 19th Century English Antique Microscope

Materials

Gold Leaf

ORIGINAL FINE Antique 19th Century "Attributed to Claude Thomas Stanfield Moore
By Claude Thomas Stanfield Moore
Located in Ferndown, GB
1860's on Canvas We have had the piece under the microscope and we date this around the mid 19th
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19th Century Realist Antique Microscope

Materials

Oil

OLD MASTER LARGE OIL PAINTING High Quality 19th CENTURY Catch Gold Gilt Frame
By Charles Richards
Located in Ferndown, GB
have had the piece under the microscope and we date this around the 1870's Title : The catch Artist
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Late 19th Century Realist Antique Microscope

Materials

Oil

OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING High Quality 19th CENTURY Calm Seas Gold Gilt Frame
By George Wright
Located in Ferndown, GB
. We have had the piece under the microscope and we date this around the 1880/90's Title : Shipping
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Late 19th Century Realist Antique Microscope

Materials

Oil

Diamond Stanhope Ring in Aluminum
Located in Southbury, CT
A rare aluminum and diamind stanhope ring. A "Stanhope lens" is a tiny single-lens microscope
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Late 19th Century American Arts and Crafts Antique Microscope

Materials

Diamond, Base Metal

OLD MASTER W . THORNLEY OIL PAINTING High Quality 19th CENTURY Gold Gilt Frame
By William Anslow Thornley
Located in Ferndown, GB
grandmaster . We have had the piece under the microscope and we date this around the 1880's Title : Rare
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Late 19th Century Realist Antique Microscope

Materials

Oil

Sapphire Bangle Pink and Blue Royal Blue and Ruby-ish Pink with Pearls
Located in Southbury, CT
microscope, you see that the hinge was -so incredibly thoughtfully- over-built. The gold rubbing against the
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Late 19th Century Unknown Late Victorian Antique Microscope

Materials

Pearl, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Ruby, Sapphire, 14k Gold

Antique Nephrite Pendant Qing Period Certified Untreated
Located in Southbury, CT
engraving has a unique appearance under the microscope. Each milimeter of each line was painstakingly
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19th Century Chinese Artisan Antique Microscope

Materials

Jade

OLD MASTER W . THORNLEY OIL PAINTING High Quality 19th CENTURY Gold Gilt Frame
By William Anslow Thornley
Located in Ferndown, GB
. We have had the piece under the microscope and we date this around the 1860's Title : The South
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Late 19th Century Realist Antique Microscope

Materials

Oil

Antique Carved Black Nephrite Jade Tablet Qing Dynasty Period Untreated
Located in Southbury, CT
"unworked" and for this reason, the piece is even more magnificent when viewed under the microscope. For
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Early 18th Century Chinese Artisan Antique Microscope

Materials

Jade, Silver

Fine Circular Protractor by William Cary, London c.1810
By Cary
Located in Norwich, GB
including mechanical calculators, measuring instruments, telescopes, microscopes and navigation and
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1810s English Antique Microscope

Materials

Brass

Refractor Polarimeter Physic Measuring Instrument Made by Steindorff & Co 1920s
Located in Milan, IT
called Steindorff of America Inc. was founded in the USA to distribute the microscopes. Then the firm is
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1920s German Antique Microscope

Materials

Brass

OIL PAINTING FRENCH By ? Beautiful lady of Nobility in a Gold Neoclassical Frame
By (Circle of) Joshua Reynolds
Located in Ferndown, GB
the early 19th century ,1810 approx We have had the piece under the microscope and is 100% authentic
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18th Century Realist Antique Microscope

Materials

Oil

A Carved Qingbai 'Chrysanthemum' Vase, Song-Yuan Dynasty(13-14th century)
Located in seoul, KR
. Even when observed under a microscope, traces of soil naturally settling inside the bubbles can be
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15th Century and Earlier Hong Kong Antique Microscope

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

Emile Deyrolle 19th Century Plaster, Wire and Wood Didactic Germination Models
By Emile Deyrolle
Located in Buffalo, NY
, minerals, rocks, fossils, botanical specimens, shells, taxidermy, microscopic specimens and microscopes.
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Late 19th Century French Folk Art Antique Microscope

Materials

Wire

Emile Deyrolle 19th Century Plaster, Wire and Wood Didactic Germination Models
By Emile Deyrolle
Located in Buffalo, NY
, fossils, botanical specimens, shells, taxidermy, microscopic specimens and microscopes.
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19th Century French Folk Art Antique Microscope

Materials

Wire

LARGE OLD MASTER LATE 18th CENTURY CIRCLE of SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS OIL PAINTING
By (Circle of) Joshua Reynolds
Located in Ferndown, GB
microscope and we date this around 1790 Title: Beautiful lady of the realm Artist: circle of Sir Joshua
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18th Century Realist Antique Microscope

Materials

Oil

19th Century French Émile Deyrolle Anatomical Lithograph Poster
Located in London, GB
, rocks, fossils, botanical specimens, shells, taxidermy, microscopic specimens and microscopes. Size
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1880s French Early Victorian Antique Microscope

Materials

Paper

OIL PAINTING 18th Century By Thomas B Hardy British old master Gold Gilt Frame
By Thomas Bush Hardy RBA
Located in Ferndown, GB
microscope and we date this around the late 18th century Title: Rare oil piece of a Colonial Harbour Scene
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Mid-19th Century Realist Antique Microscope

Materials

Oil

Vintage Cell Counting Slide, German, Glass, Hemacytometer, Franke and Heidecke
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
magnification mark of 0.100m and 1 over 400 qmm for use with microscopes Wonderful period logo for Franke and
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Early 20th Century German Antique Microscope

Materials

Glass

Antique Jade Pi Disk Certified
Located in Southbury, CT
to as rice-grain and looks like disks from the Western Han dynasty -200 BC. Under the microscope
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19th Century Chinese Artisan Antique Microscope

Materials

Jade

Antique Jade Pi Disk Certified
Antique Jade Pi Disk Certified
D 0.39 in Dm 2.15 in
Luzette Pendant Light by Peter Behrens for Siemens circa 1920s
By Siemens
Located in Gloucester, GB
started to manufacture Lighting products radios, television sets, and electron microscopes., which
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1920s German Bauhaus Antique Microscope

Materials

Glass

untitled (Pueblo)
By Virginia Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
that included photographs of organic patterns of life as revealed under a microscope. These images
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Early 20th Century American Modern Antique Microscope

Materials

Ink

Art Deco Sapphire Diamond Ring 3.30ct Old European Original 1910's Antique Plat
Located in Dearborn, MI
This Sapphire Has a Small Nick that You Need a Microscope to See*** Side Diamond Specs/Quality 2
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1910s Art Deco Antique Microscope

Materials

Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum

Antique Telescope, Large, Single Draw Refractor, Cary London, circa 1820
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
, working alongside his brother John. They produced telescopes, microscopes, navigation and surveying
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Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Microscope

Materials

Brass

1894-1949 The Yellow Book: An Illustrated Quarterly
By Aubrey Beardsley
Located in Bath, GB
Microscope' by H. G. Wells and 'Aubade' by Rosamund Marriott Watson. Volume IX (April 1896) contains
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Early 20th Century British Antique Microscope

Materials

Paper

Double Horizontal Microscope
Located in Hudson, NY
Double horizontal microscope on goniometer stand with case by Hall & Benjamin, NY. circa 1880. Ex
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1880s American Antique Microscope

Materials

Brass

Double Horizontal Microscope
Double Horizontal Microscope
H 11 in W 19 in D 18 in
Antique Spencer Brass Microscope
Located in Austin, TX
A brass and iron microscope by Spencer of buffalo, New York. circa late 19th century. This
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Late 19th Century American Antique Microscope

Pocket Microscope, circa 1880
Located in Umberleigh, Devon
A nice English brass pocket microscope/magnifier in cylindrical protective box with adjustable
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1880s European Victorian Antique Microscope

Materials

Brass

Armstrong & Bro. Monocular Microscope
By Armstrong & Bro.
Located in Shakespeare, ON
88 Deansgate, Manchester, England Lenses and Eyepieces in Case
Category

19th Century English Antique Microscope

Armstrong & Bro. Monocular Microscope
Armstrong & Bro. Monocular Microscope
H 19.5 in W 11.9 in D 9.8 in
Robert Huntley Compound Microscope
By Robert Huntley
Located in Shakespeare, ON
Includes Eight Ivory Mounted Slides
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19th Century English Antique Microscope

Robert Huntley Compound Microscope
Robert Huntley Compound Microscope
H 11.9 in W 8.8 in D 6.25 in
Cased Horizonal Microscope on Geometer
Located in Stamford, CT
Cased Horizonal Microscope on geometer stand with case by Hall and Bergemen, NY circa 1880s. Elle
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1880s American Antique Microscope

Materials

Brass

Unique English Pancratic Dissecting Microscope, circa 1870-1880
Located in Paris, FR
The shape of this microscope is unique, certainly designed to fit the needs of a specific client
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1870s English Antique Microscope

Early Electric Scientific Micro Slide Projector
Located in North Beninngton, VT
Early electrical microscopic slide projector. Projects microscope slides onto a screen so a class
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Early 1900s American Antique Microscope

Antique Pine Medical Cabinet, Referenced to Joseph Maina Mungai, c1900
Located in Ely, GB
An interesting antique Pine Medical / Microscope slide cabinet with 48 Drawers, c1900s The
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Early 1900s British Late Victorian Antique Microscope

Materials

Pine

Art Deco ring in 18 carat gold adorned with a sapphire and diamonds, 1930 period
Located in VERSAILLES, FR
, saphir, rubis et émeraude) sont analysées attentivement au microscope afin de vous donner un maximum
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1920s French Art Deco Antique Microscope

Materials

Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold

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Antique Microscope For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the antique microscope you’re looking for. An antique microscope — often made from metal, brass and wood — can elevate any home. Your living room may not be complete without an antique microscope — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. An antique microscope is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Victorian, Empire and Industrial styles are sought with frequency. A well-made antique microscope has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Bausch & Lomb, Ernst Leitz Wetzlar and Armstrong & Bro. are consistently popular.

How Much is a Antique Microscope?

An antique microscope can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $2,260, while the lowest priced sells for $361 and the highest can go for as much as $20,144.
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  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 31, 2023
    A microscope is an instrument that allows you to see things that are too small for the naked eye to make out. Although they are typically thought of as tools for conducting scientific research and making medical diagnoses, jewelers may also use microscopes to evaluate gemstones and precious metals. On 1stDibs, find a range of microscopes.
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 3, 2023
    Hans and Zacharias Janssen invented the first microscope in what is now the Netherlands around the year 1600. Before making their invention, the father-and-son duo worked as eyeglass makers. On 1stDibs, shop a range of microscopes.