English, c.1880, signed in script to the limb J Parkes & Son, Birmingham standing on two splayed legs and a column to the rear that holds the large plano-concave mirror on a column, with course rack and pinion focusing, fine focus via a screw to the rear of the body tube, large circular black glass stage with clips and wheel of stops, stage bulls-eye condenser on an arm, with two objectives and an eyepiece and other items in a fitted French polished mahogany case, microscope - 30cm tall