English, c. 1900, signed to the body tube 'J. Swift & Son, London No.270, standing on a folding tripod base with a plano-concave mirror in a gimbal on a sliding collar, substage collar with Abbe-type condenser, with Swifts mechanical stage, course focusing via rack and pinion, with chrome plated body tube and single graduated drawer tube, with the following accessories; 1/2inch Swift objective, a 1/4inch Swift objective, a 1/6inch Swift objective, condenser, eyepiece, all in the original polished leather case. Case measures 29cm wide.