The brass microscope body is decorated with tooled leather dyed red. At the top of the support cantilever is a decorative brass topknot.
The microscope body is a brass tube with a conical end. At the waist of the cone (arrow) are the screw threads for attaching it to the cantilever. The objective lens screws into the threaded end of the cone. The body is 9cm in diameter.
Assembled microscope body and support pillar.