An oxidised and lacquered brass microscope signed C.Baker 244 High Holborn London D.P.H.N°2 No5416 with rack and pinion focusing, fine focusing screw, double nose-piece, horse-shoe shaped stage, rack and pinion adjustment to sub-stage condenser, plano-concave mirror on sliding collar in mahogany plaque Awarded to H.M. Walkden by the Honourable Commissioners of Inland Revenue for proficiency in Theoretical & Practical Chemistry at Royal College of Science June 1905 - 12¾in high