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COMPOUND MONOCULAR MICROSCOPE

RETAILER: DOLLLOND

MAKER (ATTRIB):HUGH POWELL

c. 1840

SIGNED: 'DOLLOND, LONDON'

powell(Dollond microscope)


Although not signed by Powell, this instrument shares many features with his other signed examples, as can be seen in the illustrations, and is of the same high standard of workmanship and finish. Compare the pillar, inclination joint, and fine focus controls. The accessories including the objectives, eyepieces, and unusually-mounting stage forceps are essentially identical to known Powell examples. It was probably made for the trade around 1840, and retailed by Dollond, not long before Hugh Powell went into partnership with his brother in law Peter Lealand.