Oval metal box with green ribbon containing red wax seal of the Natural History Society of Edinburgh. Attached label reads: "Seal for certificate issued to Caspar Wistar by Natural history society of Edinburgh, May 4, 1786. Certificate with MISC. MS. COLLECTION oversize."

Oval, 3/4 portrait bust of Peter Collinson in center with "PETER COLLINSON. F.R.S. SAS." outside bottom perimeter. Signed "Trotter. S." at bottom right, under portrait. At bottom in script: "Hinc, quce Natura negabat Visibus humanis Oculis ca Pectoris hausit. Cumque Animo, it vigili perspescerat omnia cura; In medium discenda dabat." In gilt, wooden frame behind glass.

Oval, frontal portrait bust of John Fothergill in center with "JOHN FOTHERGILL. MD.F.R.S." outside bottom perimeter. Signed "Rd. Livesay pincr" and "F. Bartolozzi sculp" along bottom perimeter. At bottom in script: "Cui suas artes, sua dona laetus Et herbam et Venae salientis ictum Scire concessit, celerem et medendi Delius usum." "From a Bust in the Possession of Dr. Lettsom" at bottom. In gilt, wooden frame under glass.

Received as a set with optical set (58.56b). additional small box with 7 extra pieces on shelf with 58.56b. Compound microscope, 14 1/2" high; unmarked.

Double-convex lens in wooden frame. Unmarked.

Compound microscope, 14 1/2" high; solar microscope with 6 1/2" barrel; shagreen box containing accessories. Unmarked. The Curator's Donation Book refers to this as a "magazine microscope in a Shagreen case, consisting of a single, double, and solar microscopes." At present the shagreen case contains a number of accessories, but will not fit the compound (double) or the solar microscopes. The lens of the single (simple) microscope is missing. The style of the instruments, nevertheless, suggests that they are part of a unit belonging to the period of this donation. (Robert P. Multhauf, "Catalogue of Instruments and Models," 1961).

Hydrometer consists of a buoyant brass sphere, from which weighing pans project above and below. Housed with seven weights in original wooden box, lined with felt. The weights are marked: 424, 384, 192, 96, 48, 24, 12.

Central image of a hot-air balloon striped in pink, blue, and yellow, with four oars or wings at bottom. On banner at top: "Premiere expérience de Mr. Blanchard au Champ-de-Mars / accompagné de dom Pech bénédictin le 2 Mars 1784." Signed, "J. Siquier 1835" at bottom. On reverse, crown symbol and X mark.

Central image of a hot-air balloon decorated with a brick pattern (representing pieces of paper-backed cloth fastened together to form the balloon's skin), an arm holding a wreath, and a sheaf of wheat. On banner at top: "La Montgolfière de Sarcosta [?] à Versailles en présence de la famille Royale le 23 Juin 1784." Signed "J. Siquier 1835" at bottom. On reverse, crown symbol and X mark.

Glass jar in walnut frame resembling a book press. There is a fragment of a printed paper label, on which the words "de Morveau" and "l'air" can still be seen. (Robert P. Multhauf, "Catalogue of Instruments and Models," 1961).

Walnut frame resembling book press. Glass jar is missing. Manufactured by Dumotiez et Boullay.