Although marked - rather generously - and a "Smart Brown" the origin of this lathe is unknown. Showing some signs of being made in a home workshop, the lathe looks to be fitted with a spindle running ball races with drive by a round leather rope.
A proper compound slide rest assembly is provided, topped by a 4-way toolpost. Quite what the hand-turning rest is doing at the tailstock end of the bed, but perhaps that's just its parking place before being moved, when needed, to replace the top slide.