Floroscope
Botanist's microscope
Pocket microscope Late 19th - early 20th century
This model has a pivoting mirror that can illuminate and bring more light to both sides
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.
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, this model has a pivoting mirror that can illuminate and bring more light to both sides.
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.
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: 8cm Closed: 7cm Diameter: 2.8cm
Here's an illustration of what this floroscope looked like in a period advertisement:
(Source: The Compendium - www.lecompendium.com)
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Liquid Peptone
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Empty
Cigar cabinet- Cylindrical cigar box - Cigar cellar
Napoleon III period
When you turn the knob, the doors open pretty well except for 1 or 2, but this is not the case for closing, you have to close the doors manually.
Cloves - Clous de girofle
Antique pharmacy bottle - End of XIXth century
Blown glass
Grams / Tablespoons - Graduated bottle
in French: Grammes / Cuillères à soupe
Antique medicine bottle
Apothecary
Sparteine sulphate
Used as a tonic for nervous syndromes at the very beginning of the 20th century, sparteine was also used to facilitate morphine withdrawal.
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Some product left inside
Metal box of breath mints with cocaine.
Pastilles SIMON - Menthol Cocaïno Boraté
1930's average
EMPTY
Noirot Extract
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Beautiful reflections in the glass
Tartaric acid
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Product still inside
Birds - Antique chart by D'Orbigny - 1869
In colors
Atlas of the Universal Dictionary of Natural History
Clef de Garengeot - Dental key - German key
Unmarked
In use from the 19th century to the 1930s
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Beginning of XXth century
non-functional
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Iris
Toothpaste - Antique apothecary
Porcelain pot with illustrated plastic lid
Antiseptic
Early 20th century - Caution the lid is cracked
Camphor
Antique pharmacy bottle - End of XIXth century
Blown glass
Floroscope
Botanist's microscope
Pocket microscope Late 19th - early 20th century
This model has a pivoting mirror that can illuminate and bring more light to both sides
