Made from the late 1800s to the early years of the 20th century this little Weisser precision bench lathe was often found fitted to its maker's self-contained "trumpet" treadle stand.
Smaller than it appears in the pictures the centre height was around 2.5 inches with 12 inches or so available between centres. The headstock - with its spindle supported in a single bearing at the front and against a hardened centre at the back, was typical of early 18th to early 20th century practice for small lathes intended for light precision work. Shown lower down the page is a much later and slightly larger bench precision Weisser with conventional twin headstock bearings.
Another Weisser precision bench lathe can be seen here.

1898 precision lathe on self-contained trumpet treadle stand. For lightweight lathes this was a popular arrangement and also used by, amongst others, Pittler

This later Weisser is typical of an 1930s precision bench lathe as first made from 1862 by Stark in the U.S.A. Usually of 3 to 4-inch centre height (75 to 100vmm), and offering around 15 to 20 inches between centres (380 to 500 mm),  they were originally equipped with a hard headstock spindle, ground and lapped and running in twin bearings of a similar material. By the 1930s, when this Weisser would have been built, many were being fitted with special ball or roller-race headstocks to allow continuous high speeds for production work.