- Object name(s):
- Brass Microscope
- Brief description:
- This Victorian instrument has lenses of various strengths to see very small items, including feathers, seed fragments and even a flea! Tiny tools helped the owner create new slides for his collection. It was donated by Mr Scawen who worked in Bibbings the Chemist (now the Pharmacy Café) before setting up his own shop in Highweek Street. John Bibbings opened a pharmacy in Queen Street in 1877. The shop front still has the two tall bow windows of plate glass. The ‘drugs run’ within the mahogany cabinets consists of 117 small drawers. The labels record in pharmaceutical Latin the names of drugs commonly used at that time.
- Collection:
- Newton Abbot Museum
- Associated concept:
- Social History
- Dimension:
- 265mm×135mm×75mm
- Object name:
- Brass Microscope
- Object number:
- 1988.605
- Reproduction number:
- microscope.jpg
- Right note:
- image belongs to Newton Abbot Museum, not to be reproduced without permission
- Text:
- if you would like to find out more about any of the items in our collection, you can contact the museum via our website: https://museum-newtonabbot.org.uk/
- Text reason:
- Museum website
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/48a0c5d9-ee65-39ce-a653-90d0ed09e21e
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/48a0c5d9-ee65-39ce-a653-90d0ed09e21e, Newton Abbot Museum, CC BY-NC
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