Large magnifying glass with a mother of pearl covered handle and a brass-effect frame around the lens. Small chip on handle.

Notes:  This large magnifying glass belonged to the Lodge Estate.

Sir Oliver Lodge (1851-1940) was a pioneering Physicist during the late 19th and early 20th century and made important advances in the development of wireless and electromagnetic devices. He was recognised as an accomplished public lecturer and a pioneer in the study of electromagnetism and radio telegraphy. He studied Physics at the University of London and became Professor of Physics at Liverpool University. In 1900 Joseph Chamberlain invited Lodge to become the first principal of the University of Birmingham.

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