Microscope Museum

Collection of antique microscopes and other scientific instruments

 

      

Microscope 597 (unknown maker; double pillar French microscope; c. 1900)

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Microscope 597 was probably made in France by the late 19th or early 20th century. The instrument is unsigned, but similar double pillar instruments, with different styles of bases, appear in antique catalogues of American and French companies such as B. Kahn & Son, Emille Deyrolle and E. Vion (Figure 1).

 

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Figure 1. Examples of double pillar microscopes as they appear in antique catalogues of E. Vion (1929) (smaller version - A, and larger version - B), B. Kahn & Son (1890) (C, D), and Emille Deyrolle (1900) (E)