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Signed: R. & J. Beck, London & Philadelphia, 8292. Brass and lacquer microscope with curved "Lister Limb" (the arm which attached to the body tube to the base) which was designed by Joseph Jackson Lister.

Entirely of brass, including the round base. The wooden case has a few surviving accessories including: a small case of specimen slides with identifying label inside the top of the case. It is unsigned.

Unsigned. Brass with scrolled legs.

This unsigned brass microscope is mounted on a rectangular metal base with a black matte finish. The stage is supported by two round pillars and can be adjusted to tilt. The body-tube swivels from the pillar to which the stage is attached and has a bull's-eye condenser fixed to the front on a jointed arm. The mirror is missing.

Compound binocular, signed: M. Pillischer, London, No. 1441. This brass microscope has four high-quality objective lenses and two sets of eyepieces housed in the original wooden case with brass handle.

Signed: Carl Zeiss, Jena, No. 27233. Brass with black lacquered iron base. Wooden case with metal label: E. Admet, Paris. Accessories include lens and occulars.

Simple monocular microscope, signed E. Culpepper, Londini. Brass with ivory handle. Housed in a small box covered in fish-skin and lined with green velvet. Some of the original parts are missing (notably the extension for opaque objects); however, it does include: six brass-mounted objectives, four ivory sliders, one brass slider, or animalcule cage, for living specimens, one opaque specimen holder with black and white disks and forceps, and one small ivory talc box.

Nkisi Nkondi. African healing statue. BaKongo, Congo - between 1880 and 1910. Wood, pigment, metal and glass.

Made of brass, with decorative abstract floral design on the outside of the mortar.

Bronze, with two small decorative handles on the sides of the mortar. The outside of the mortar is ringed with fleurs-de-lis with a single unidentifiable medallion on the front. Signed: Nicolas Buret (?). On bottom of mortar: 1869 XVIII --- [remainer illegible]

Five-compartment box of carved brown laquer, unidentitied origin. Scene depicts a scholar sitting in a pavillion.

Five-compartment box, painted red and gold on a black laquer ground and depicting a pastoral scene with bamboo fence and screen. Unidentified origin.

English-made, in a walnut case in double-fronted cupboard style with ivory knobs and brass drawer pull. Accessories include scales, mortar and pestle, glass measuring cups and funnel. Custom made glass bottles with contents intact.

Italy; made of bronze.

Portrait bust of Dr. Josiah Charles Trent by Antonio Salemme. Bronze.

Carved ivory bas-relief skeleton, of unknown origin.

Large amputating saw made of bronze and iron with hand-carved wooden handle, with tightening screw. 26.5" x 7.25". Meant for two-person operation.

Metal with wooden handle.

Made of metal, with gull-wing handle; includes accessories in velvet-lined wooden case.