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Microscope
57 (EG Wood;
c. 1865)
Edward George Wood (1811 – 1896) traded under the name EG
Wood between 1854 and 1895, and moved to 74 Cheapside, London, in 1862.
The firm EG Wood was originally formed at 117 Cheapside after Edward ended
his partnership with Fallon Horne and William Henry Thornthwaite in 1854
(Horne, Thornthwaite & Wood, also makers and retailers of scientific
instruments, including microscopes). Microscope 57 was probably made in England in the second half of the
19th century (c. 1865). The microscope is engraved with ‘E G Wood,
74 Cheapside, London’ but it is unclear if this company was the maker or
simply a retailer for these microscopes. This type of microscope was
still sold during the first half of the 20th century, for example described
as beginner Society of Arts Model in the second-hand microscopes catalogue of
A. Clarkson & Co (Figure 1).
Figure 1. Beginner Society of
Arts microscope model as engraved in the second-hand microscopes catalogue of
A. Clarkson & Co from the 1920s. LAST EDITED: 21.01.2021 |
