An antique brass monocular compound microscope on a horseshoe foot by Carl Reichert Vienna Austria engraved 'C. REICHERT WIEN'  and with the serial number '28029' allowing us to date the microscope to 1902.  A nice clean example in good working order with a rotating nosepiece.
 
Carl Reichert was an optician who established one of the principal microscope manufacturing firms in Europe in the late 19th century. Reichert married into the Leitz family in 1874 (and was son in law of Ernst Leitz). In 1876 in Vienna, he founded the Optische Werke C. Reichert. He employed some Leitz technicians, explaining one reason why his products were so similar to those of Ernst Leitz of Wetzlar. Reichert designed new lenses, lighting equipment for microscopes, and one of the first microscopes for the study of metal surfaces. Instruments were usually signed "C. Reichert, Wien". 
 
The Microscope stands 34cm (13.5") high when extended 27cm (10.5") when not.