English, dated from the Beck records 1861 bought by Major Ward, signed to the foot in script 'Smith & Beck 6 Coleman St, London 2662, the microscope on a 'Y' shaped foot with tall upright architectural pillars supporting the limb on large conical trunnions, plano-concave mirror on triangular column, focusing substage collar, fully mechanical stage with X-Y control and engraved scale for rotation, body tube with inter-ocular adjustment, with two cases of accessories, the first case with five cased objectives by Smith & Beck, Leiberkuhns, two sets of binocular eyepieces, a set of dark wells, a parabolic condenser, an achromatic condenser, a polariser and analyser and other accessories, the second case with a large frog plate, Amici- type prism, a pair of eyepieces engraved 'KELNERS ORTHOSCOPIC, ROSS LONDON', a side reflector, a vertical illuminator, the main case holds a large table condenser and an internal monocular sleeve, all in the original French polished mahogany cabinet, cabinet height 49cm tall