Large Brass Angle-Poise Library Magnifying Glass, c.1910 The Library flowers and wheat and would

flowers and wheat and would have decorated the church altar between late summer and mid-autumn in celebration of harvest

Leather title panel with stamped gilt title

From a scientific point of view

Weight: 105 grams

Human epidermis

Large Brass Angle-Poise Library Magnifying Glass, c.1910 The Library flowers and wheat and wouldA brass angle poise library magnifying glass of good prorportions, c. 1910. The weighted domed base supports two adjustable stems and terminates in a large brass rimmed magnifying lens. The angle poise has various knocks and repairs from its years of use. The stem has been historically re soldered to the base and the leather underside of the base is fraying to the extremities. The magnifier lens ball joint is seized. The adjustable stem and keys work