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Floroscope
Botanist's microscope
Pocket microscope Late 19th - early 20th century
Warning: the small lens on one side is missing - the large lens remains
Floroscope - Brass insectoscope - pocket microscope
These small microscopes, also known as Floroscopes or botanist's microscopes, were sold in France from the 1850s to the 1930s.
Warning: the small lens on one side is missing - the large lens remains
These small pocket microscopes, made of brass and glass lenses, enabled rapid observation of insects, small minerals, flowers etc. in nature.
The ingenious thing about them is that they are made up of 2 parts:
The first, for observations requiring low magnification, is a biconvex lens mounted on an openwork cylinder. The lens is placed on the object to be magnified.
The second, for magnifications of over ten times, is the Stanhope lens. The Stanhope lens is very rudimentary, consisting of a glass cube, prism or cone with a flat surface. It's this lens that's missing.
The needle shown here (not original) was used to pierce the object or insect to be observed and placed under the simple lens.
Late 19th - early 20th century
Perfect for any self-respecting budding entomologist!
Height unfolded: 7cm Closed: 5cm Diameter: 2.6cm
Here's an illustration of what this floroscope looked like in a period advertisement:
(Source: The Compendium - www.lecompendium.com)
Indigo sulphate solution
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Empty soap box
A la Reine des Abeilles- Perfumer VIOLET - Paris
Second Empire (1852-1870)
Brass plate number per unit
Numbered oval brass plate
Nitrate d'Argent
Antique glass dropper in white glass - Content: 30ml
Apothecary - Pharmacy
Mallet microscope or Floroscope with mirror
Botanist's microscope - Pocket microscope
With its original instructions in its original cardboard box - 1883
Anatomy - Antique chart by D'Orbigny - 1869
In colors
Atlas of the Universal Dictionary of Natural History
Toothpaste - Antique apothecary
Porcelain pot with illustrated plastic lid
Antiseptic
Early 20th century - Caution the lid is cracked
Antique glass dropper in white glass
Apothecary - Pharmacy
Heart-shaped stopper
Antique drum microscope for botanist, entomologist
Mirror missing
Late 19th century, early 20th century
Solution N°153
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Stamped letter-envelope of the Second Empire
Dated from 1852-1870
Nouveaux élémens de Botanique
Antique botanic book of 1828 - Achille RICHARD
Antique drum microscope
In it's mahogany wooden box
For botanist, entomologist
Ref A
Atlas of descriptive anatomy of the human body
Anatomy board
By Doctors Bonamy and Paul Broca
Draftsman: Emile BEAU
Published on July 1st 1854
Bulb for hypodermic injection - Camphor (circa 1920)
THERAPLIX
Floroscope
Botanist's microscope
Pocket microscope Late 19th - early 20th century
Warning: the small lens on one side is missing - the large lens remains