A "Jones Most Improved" Type Brass Compound Microscope c.1800s

Signed on the folding tripod foot by I. Hyne of Lynn, Norfolk, with rack and pinion focussing, some minor damage to rack teeth and a tarnished mirror, with sprung sub stage, condenser lens, bullseye, 7 objectives, and a collection of slide preparations, six wooden housed with four in each tray, overall height 410mm, in fitted mahogany case

Provenance: London Private Collection