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View full screenCary-Gould brass pocket compound microscope, with accessories and mahogany box with brass plaque on the top with the owner's name, Robert Green, sold by A. McKenzie, London, probably made by a Midlands wholesaler, c. 1840
T.2008.170
Microscope, Case, microscope, Microscope accessory
Midlands, England, Northern Europe
Alexander McKenzie, Retailer and claimed manufacturer
Cheapside, London, England, Northern Europe
c. 1840
Original owner: Green, Robert, c. 1840 (fl.)
A.D. Morrison-Low, ‘The Gentle Art of Persuasion: advertising Instruments during Britain’s Industrial Revolution’, presented at Budapest 2009 (in file)