Dated from the Beck records 30th September 1874, engraved to the back of the foot ‘R & J BECK, 31 CORNHILL, LONDON’, and numbered 6700, the microscope stands on a flat tripod foot with two supporting pillars, architectural in style, both terminating in trunnions supporting the microscope body, with plano-concave mirror on swing-arm and sliding collar, sub-stage condenser holder with rack-and-pinion adjustment, circular Tully-type stage with X & Y control, swept limb with twin accessory holders, course focus to the top, fine focus mechanism acting on the nosepiece, Wenham prism in pull out/in drawer, with a single mahogany case of accessories which include:

2/3″ objective and can engraved Smith & Beck, 6 Coleman St, London.
4/10″ objective & can engraved R&J Beck, 31 Cornhill London.
1/8″ objective & can engraved R&J Beck, 31 Cornhill London.
1/4″ objective & Can.
Low power binocular eyepieces.
Medium Power binocular eyepieces.
High power binocular eyepieces.
substage achromatic condenser.
Dark wells, polariser & analyser, and other items.

Includes the rare trunnion spanner (last pictures).

In large original mahogany cabinet, height 50cm. The lid to the accessory case has been re-glued.