I buy
antique brass microscopes and all kinds of early microscope accessories
including, lenses, parts, microscope oil lamps, prepared slides, slide
preparation equipment, and slide cabinets. Also needed for my collection
are old microscope-related books, trade catalogs, and artwork depicting
microscopes and other kinds of antique scientific instruments. I have
been collecting antique microscopes for over 40 years and there are
still many that I am looking for. If you have an antique microscope you
would like to sell, please don't hesitate to contact me with the
information. I will respond to all inquiries. I am also interested in
other types of historical medical and scientific instruments.
On this site, you can view some of the antique microscopes in my
collection. They date from the early 18th to the early 20th century. You
can browse the site simply by viewing the images on the various pages
or, in a more organized manner, by using the Site
Index. Additionally, you can find items by doing a text search or
you can search this collection for microscopes and accessories
based on the name of the manufacturer or retailer where the output
will be images of the items found. I hope you find these instruments
as interesting as I do.
J. Grunow, New York, serial number 950. Monocular
microscope, c. 1889
Early bar-limb microscope: signed on the base Ross,
London No. 88 and on the stage Powell & Lealand, London. c. 1843
Jas. Smith , London #109. The Microscope of Robley
Dunglison, MD (1798-1869), c. 1845
J. & W. Grunow, New York #499. Binocular microscope
with Varley Stage
Boston Optical Works, Tolles, #159. Student microscope
with rack and pinion focusing, c. 1870
Tolles, Boston #290. Student microscope with two
fine adjustment mechanisms, c. 1874
Made by Jos. Zentmayer, Philad, serial No. 14. The
Grand American model, c. 1860
J. & W. Grunow #594 Wenham binocular microscope
mounted on a double pillar, c. 1874
Hartnack's Drawing Apparatus. The Embryograph of
Wilhelm His, c. 1881
Monocular microscope made by Charles A. Spencer.
Pritchard type c. 1860
Charles A. Spencer's Trunnion Model Microscope c. 1855
Charles A. Spencer (Spencer & Eaton). The Large
Trunnion Model microscope with lever activated stage, c. 1859
Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., Pat. Oct. 3, 1876,
Serial No. 2188. The Physician's model microscope (second form), c.
1883
Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., Pat. Oct. 3, 1876,
Serial No. 1078. The Physician's model microscope (form), c. 1879
Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., Rochester NY, Serial No.
76, Pat. Oct. 3, 1876. The Professional model microscope, c. 1876
C. Kellner's nachfolger, FR. Belthle in Wetzlar, No.
945. Objectives signed Belthle & Leitz, c. 1866.
Signed: Jno Ehrmann, Maker, 1905. A microscope made by
an unrecognized maker
E. Leitz, New York. Serial # 53059. Leitz Travelling
Microscope c. 1899
George L. Gowlland, Cambridge Mass. (attributed).
Monocular Microscope, c. 1890
Portrait of the Romanian microscopist Ioan Cantacuzino
(1863-1934). Artist signed: A. Lavrillier, Jassy 1918. Bronze plaque
150 mm in diameter.
Nachet, 17 rue St. Severin, Paris. The Nachet-Smith
Inverted Chemical Microscope, c. 1885
French Drum Microscope with stage fine focus (Nachet
type), c. 1850
C. Kellner in Wetzlar, Belthle & Rexroth, No. 280,
c. 1859. The microscope of Louis Bauer, MD (1814-1898)
Seibert in Wetzlar No. 8984. Petrological (Polarizing)
Microscope, c. 1898
E. Leitz, Wetzlar. Large preparation (dissecting)
microscope with erecting prism. Model W, c. 1925
Field or Pocket Microscope marked "Junior" , c. 1925.
Made by Spindler & Hoyer, Göttingen
L. Schrauer, Maker, New York. Prize Microscope Awarded
to Frank Caudkins Bunn, M.D., 1889
Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., Pat. Oct. 3, 1876,
#3340, The Universal model microscope with a nickel plated surface
finish, c. 1885
E. Leitz Wetzlar, serial No. 8750. Mittleres mikroskop
- Stativ III, c. 1886
J. Swift, Optician, 128 City Road, London E. C.
Binocular microscope for conventional and polarized light
microscopy, c. 1870
R. Fuess Steglitz-Berlin, # 1414. Smaller petrological
microscope model Va, c.1908
Dollond London, Cuff's New Constructed Double
Microscope, c. 1765
Ernst Leitz, Wetzlar; serial # 196553. Leitz Large
Travelling Microscope "DT", c. 1920
L. Schrauer, Maker, N. Y., Second Prize Microscope
Awarded to Joseph E. McKenzie, M.D. by the New York Homeopathic
Medical College and Hospital, 1892
Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., Rochester NY. An early
version of the Investigator model microscope, c. 1880
Secretan à Paris. Solar microscope, c. 1865
Case-mounted English botanical microscope with a fine
focusing adjustment, c. 1840
A. Ross, London #599. Large Bar-limb Microscope by
Andrew Ross, c. 1855
Signed: Made for McAllister & Co., Philadelphia.
Imported larger case-mounted microscope. Attributed to Noël Buron,
Paris, c.1844
Signed: Made for McAllister & Co., Philadelphia.
Imported smaller case-mounted microscope, Attributed to Noël Buron,
Paris, c.1844
J. Swift & Son, London, #14790. The Advanced
Student's Petrological Microscope, c. 1908
E. Hartnack sucr. de G. Oberhaeuser. Place Dauphine 21,
Paris, #5024. Middle model drum microscope, c. 1865
Mackenzie 15 Cheapside London. New Improved Pocket
Compound Microscope . Cary-Gould type microscope, c. 1830.
Paul Waechter, Berlin #12416, Large model No. 1b for
bacteriological investigations, c. 1888. The microscope of Dr.
Julius Townsend Rose MD (1869-1950)
Brunner à Paris, 34 Rue des Bernardins. Gruby Type
Pocket Microscope, c. 1842
Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. N.Y., # 36575. Bausch
& Lomb Petrographical Microscope. Stand LC, c. 1902
Dollond London. Chest microscope, c.1825
L. Schrauer, Maker, New York. Large continental style
microscope, c. 1880