A 19th-Century re-lacquered-brass compound monocular microscope, signed on the folding stand Smith & Beck 6 Coleman Street London No. 1899, with rack and pinion coarse focusing, fine adjustment, double nose-piece, mechanical stage, sub-stage condenser and plano-concave mirror, the body-limb with compass joint on tapering pillar support with circular platform base and folding tripod stand, with bull's-eye condenser, four objectives, two eyepieces, live-box and other items, in fitted mahogany case -- 17¼in. (43.8cm.) high