This is tiny Eb tuba was made by a Charles A. Goodison of London in the late 19th century. The tuba measutes 29 inches tall with a 12.5 inch bell.  From my Langwill index,  Charles Attwood  Goodison (b.1837; d 1898) flourished in London - Soho 1882-85 and at 38 Poland St   1886-1893. The inscription (left column) reads:

Her Majesty was, of course, Victoria  1837-1901.  The tuba was probably made for the Army- but the &c&c baffles me! The quality of workmanship is superb-  and is at least to the standard of Besson of the period. There is special attention given to rather nice decorations on braces and reinforcement areas (see left column)

Most impressive are the short stroke valves (about 1/2 inch). The valves have both oval and round holes (see photos on left column).  This is a design feature usually  found only on 20th century instruments (Conn).

Goodison worked as a foreman for Rudall Rose Carte & co. in the 1860s, and apparently patented improved "finger slides" in 1862. Perhaps these short action valves are his "finger slides".  Charles' father, James Goodison, was listed as a French Horn  and Trumpet maker  in 1833, and and apparently made a slide trumpet, an opheicleide, and a Keyed Bugle.

In the photo below one can see parts made from copper plumbing tubing. lovingly installed sometime in its past. I left these intact as they still work- and lend to its colorful history. A new proper tuning slide was made and the tuba now plays perfectly in modern pitch at A=440.  The 4th valve does exactly as it should and gives me a good lower range -  with only minor pitch problems.  A standard  mouthpiece receiver was installed. In the photo is a Bach Mega 24W which is over-kill for this tuba. The tuba would probably be happier with a  smaller cup. 

The photo below is my daughter Jenni -  who just switched from Cornet to French Horn - I doubt if I can convince her to  shift again to tuba!  The next photo is a comparison of the size of this tuba (before restoration) with a modern Euphonium.

This lovely little tuba was most graciously donated to my collection by Mr Ian Fischer an English gentleman and "Brother in Horns" from the countryside in St Keyne Cornwall.   I managed to pry it away from him plus a truly wierd "Sash Tuba" which is still under renovation.   Ian is a kindred spirit with much the same interests as myself,  and who also loves the weird and wonderful in musical instruments (as shown in the bottom photo!). This is his concept of a "bicycle trombone".