COMPOUND BAR-LIMB MICROSCOPE WITH A 'CAPTAIN PERRY' ARM
MAKER:SWIFT
MODEL: 'PRESENTATION MICROSCOPE'
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c.1877
SWIFT DISSECTING TOOLS:
DISSECTING TOOLS:
Dissecting instruments include three ivory-handled instruments. The ivory handled instruments are signed on the metal portion nearest the handles 'J SWIFT, MAKER'. They correspond to numbers 5, 6 and 9 in the 1876 and earlier catalogs.
A brass forceps is also in the kit, but would not be the type used in dissection and was referred to as a 'bottle pliers' or 'bottle forceps'