20th Feb, 2023 12:00
The Interiors Sale
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A 19th century Improved Magneto-Electric Machine for Nervous Diseases supplied by Mottershead & Co of Manchester together with a cased small students microscope, a W Watson & Sons microscope stage(?) the instrument signed C Reichert of Wien, and two further cased instruments (5)
Sold for £45
Estimated at £80 - £120
A 19th century Improved Magneto-Electric Machine for Nervous Diseases supplied by Mottershead & Co of Manchester together with a cased small students microscope, a W Watson & Sons microscope stage(?) the instrument signed C Reichert of Wien, and two further cased instruments (5)
The Magneto Electric Machine in generally good condition but in need of new rubber band for the driving wheel; the microscope with some oxidization particularly to the mirror frame on the lacquer; the other items as found
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Auction: The Interiors Sale, 20th Feb, 2023
