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    Mounts by Suter (L) and martin Cole (R), retailed by
                                   Dollond: image of the Martin Cole mount courtesy of
                                                        Brian Davidson

                                  Other “primary” Dollond labels in my collection bear
                                  different handwritings to those above, so Dollond, like
                                  Baker and others, evidently had several preparers under
                                  contract, including, at least for a time, Suter.  Dollond
                                  labels themselves seldom turn up at auction, but a few
                                  Dollond/Suter  mounts  may  linger  in  cabinets  yet  to
                                  reach salerooms.

                                  Suter’s microscope

                                  According  to  his  1900  catalogue,  Suter  was  a  sales
                                  agent  for  microscopes  made  by  Watson,  Swift,  Ross,
                                  Reichert,  Beck,  Leitz,  Zeiss  and  Lancaster  (neither  I
                                  nor others have seen Suter mounts with – for instance –
                                  Watson or Ross retail labels).  A microscope is among
                                  the  family  heirlooms,  presumably  that  preferred  by
                                  Suter  himself,  possibly  subsequently  passing  to
                                  William Peirce junior, the science teacher.  It came, not
                                  from any of the above mentioned firms, but from S &
                                  B Solomons of Albermarle Street.

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