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Here's a beautiful, solid brass Smith & Beck microscope, manufactured at 6 Coleman Street in London in early 1850's.  With a serial number of 804, the microscope is signed on the tube and on several of the brass lens cases. It is clean and complete, and it comes in its original polished mahogany cabinet, which houses more than 2 dozen accessories.

Condition overall is excellent. Clear optics. Undamaged mirror. Clean lacquered brass everywhere. All of the knurled adjustment screws turn easily, and the parts move smoothly as they're adjusted. Cabinet and microscope are original throughout, and the cabinet retains its original lock and key. 

With tube fully extended, microscope's maximum height is approximately 20″. Cabinet (closed) measures 17″ x 9″ x 6″.

Shipping weight, properly packed, will be about 30 lb.

I'm one of ebay's best known, most highly regarded sellers of technical collectibles and technical antiques. I've been selling and shipping them for more than 25 years. When you purchase an item from me, you can rest assured that your purchase will arrive safely because it's been carefully packed (by me, not by some well-intentioned but nonetheless confounded, doe-eyed teenager working at the UPS store who wouldn't know a phonograph from a farm tool), Sure, you can probably get a lower price from Joe and Janet Barn-Find, but when your "bargain" arrives broken, and without any hint of how you might be able to put it back together, you'll realize that you really do get exactly what you pay for.