Antique Stanley London Brass Field Microscope – Compact Pull-Tube Optical Instrument (c.1910–30) antique poultry design Stirling silver ladies enamel faced

Stirling silver ladies enamel faced fob watch

This is an old piece and has a couple of stones and bells missing

Paul Thackray (1939-2023) was the founder of the Thackray Museum of Medicine in Leeds

Very very small chip to rim and base

This example stands apart for its exposed engineering and display-focused design

Antique Stanley London Brass Field Microscope – Compact Pull-Tube Optical Instrument (c.1910–30) antique poultry design Stirling silver ladies enamel facedAn antique brass field microscope by Stanley, London, dating to the early 20th century and designed as a compact, portable optical instrument for surveyors, naturalists and engineers working in the field. Made in solid brass with knurled focusing rings and a pull tube extension, this cylindrical microscope retains its original lenses and the clear STANLEY, LONDON makers stamp to the inner tube. These early pocket microscopes were produced for