ANTIQUE ERNST LEITZ WETZLAR BRASS MICROSCOPE WITH CASE & EXTRA LENS 1890'S?

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YOU ARE BIDDING ON AN ANTIQUE HEAVY SOLID BRASS EARLY ERNST LEITZ WETZLAR MICROSCOPE, CASE AND EXTRA LENS. OTHER EXAMPLES OF THIS TYPE DATES THE MICROSCOPE TO THE 1890'S. I COULD NOT FIND A SERIAL NUMBER. THE ENTIRE MICROSCOPE IS BRASS WITH BLACK PAINT OVER THE BRASS. IT IS PEELING IN SPOTS. HAS THREE ROTATING OBJECTIVES ON THE SCOPE. THE LARGEST ON IS BRASS MADE BY THE SPENCER LENS COMPANY. IT IS MARKED 4 MM N.A.O.66 THE SECOND SMALLER BRASS LENS IS MARKED E. LEITZ WETZLAR 1X. THE THIRD BLACK LENS IS MARKED CARL ZEISS JENA 8 0.20 1943 AND 261 384. THE EYE PIECE LENS IS MARKED 5X 627F. THE MICROSCOPE KNOBS FUNCTION AS THEY SHOULD THE THREE OBJECTIVES ROTATE WELL. THE SLIDE HOLDER WORKS WELL. BELOW THE STAGE IS A TWO SIDED MIRROR. BOTH IN GOOD CONDITION. DIMENSIONS: 12.5 INCHES TALL, 5.5 INCHES DEEP, AND 6 INCHES WIDE ACROSS THE FRONT COUNTING THE SLIDE MOVER. THERE ARE FIVE EXTRA EYE LENS. THEY ARE HOUSED IN ONE OF THE MAHOGONY TRAYS. THEY ARE MARKED: 6X, 10X, K15X CARL ZEISS, GERMANY, 8X ERNST LEITZ WETZLAR GERMANY, AND AN 8X BRASS TOP LENS. THERE ARE A TOTAL OF FIVE OBJECTIVE LENSES. THE THREE I MENTIONED THAT ARE ON THE MICROSCOPE PLUS TWO ADDITIONAL A SMALL NICKEL PLATED UNMARKED LENS AND A 16MM BRASS N.A.P.O. 0.25. THERE ARE FOUR BRASS OBJECTIVE LENS CASES ALL TOGETHER BUT FIVE TOTAL LENS, SO ONE LENS DOES NOT HAVE A CASE IF read more

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