Catalogue Number: 1508 Ophthalmic instrument table Category: Equipment Sub-Category: Furniture incl instrument stands Year Of Publication/Manufacture: c 1930 Time Period: 1900 to 1939 Description Of Item: Ophthalmic instrument table, stained timber top 640 mm x 375 mm, cast metal stand with screw height adjustment operated by a hand wheel with lock, three splayed legs with castors Historical Significance: This is typical of the instruments tables used by some optometrists and ophthalmologists in the first half of the 20th C. This one was probably for a keratometer. How Acquired: Donated by Tony Simon, NSW optometrist, son of Victor Simon, a prominent optometrist in NSW mid 20thC Date Acquired: 2010 Condition: Good Location: Archive room. Free standing on floor stand |