Antique British hand-made Cuff-style compound microscope by George Sterrop, circa 1750, featuring the handsome brass optical device, 12˝ tall, mounted upon a square 7˝ x 7˝ x 2˝ mahogany base, with a slide-out tray containing spare lenses, specimen slides, and other accessories. The microscope's body tube has a tapered, threaded end for removable objective lenses, a single-lens eyepiece at the top, and a stage engraved with the maker's name around the central hole, "Sterrop London." The brass pillar support features a Hevelius focus screw for fine adjustment, and a single-sided mirror on a rotating gimbal mount is affixed to the base. In very good to fine condition. A similar example is held by the Golub Collection of Antique Microscopes, University of California, Berkeley.
