Pocket microscope
Floroscope - Insectoscope in brass
1850's - 1930's
Pocket microscope
Floroscope - Brass insectoscope
Small pocket microscope that allowed for quick observation of insects, small minerals, flowers, etc. in nature.
These small microscopes were sold from the 1850s until around the 1930s.
Consisting of two detachable parts with lenses at each end, one being a biconvex magnifying lens placed on a cage and the other a square Stanhope lens placed in an eyepiece above a tube.
A non-period pin can be inserted into the slots in the cylindrical body, allowing the object to be examined, such as a plant or insect, to be positioned in line with the biconvex lens, the one with the cage.
You can read an interesting article about these pocket microscopes on the Compendium website: pocket microscope
Height: approx. 6.5 cm - Diameter: 2.5 cm
Tripod candlestick with lion paws
Brass and bronze candleholder
Late 19th century - Early 20th century
Please note that the candle holder leans slightly, see photos
Antique bronze pine cone candle snuffer from the 19th century
Also known as a candle extinguisher.
Originally used to extinguish smokeless candles.
Archimedes screw magnifier - Photographer's Achromatic focusingmagnifier
Photographer's magnifying glass from the late 19th century, early 20th century
When taking a photograph, the photographer would use this focusing magnifier against the frosted glass of his camera to assess the sharpness of the image formed.
Antique and large drum microscope
In it's mahogany wooden box
For botanist, entomologist - XIXth century
This is a larger model than those usually found on the market
DERNIERS JOURS - LAST DAYS
Antique Cinema painted plywood sign
Cinema sign announcing the final days of a film's run
Antique twisted glass for Absinthe
Ref A
The twists on the glass are used to measure out the absinthe liquor and then pour the water over the sugar on the absinthe spoon on the glass to soften the bitterness of the drink.
Arséniate de Fer
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Museum jar - Wet specimen
Soft coral Alcyonium palmatum
Manuel complet de Physique et de Météorologie - Complete Manual of Physics and Meteorology
By Ajasson de Grandsagne and L. Fouché
Second edition published in Brussels in 1835
Illustrated with 6 folding plates depicting more than 250 figures. (torn: see photos)
Antique telescopic monocular – Late 19th century
Small antique pocket monocular, dating from the late 19th/early 20th century.
Originally used to see the stage better at the theater or opera, compact and practical to slip into a pocket, with an elegant and discreet look.
Needle - Dr. Léon Finelle's trocar in its case
Early 20th century
Bibliothèque Choisie de Médecine - Volume 16
Selected Library of Medicine
By François PLANQUE - 1761
Complete original edition with 10 fold-out plates
Photographer's antique magnifying glass for focusing
Photographer's loupe from the late 19th century, early 20th century
When taking a photograph, the photographer would use this focusing magnifier against the frosted glass of his camera to assess the sharpness of the image formed.
Floroscope - Ref A
Botanist's microscope
Pocket microscope Late 19th - early 20th century
Antique brass and cast-iron rack-and-pinion microscope in wooden case
Late 19th century - Early 20th century
Antique jar for wet specimen storage
Size S
Pocket microscope
Floroscope - Insectoscope in brass
1850's - 1930's
