An italic Egyptian with descending decorative swirls on the caps. Patented in February 1874 by Richard Smith (an executive of MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan) and assigned to the corporation [USPTO D007154]. [Type Heritage Project] Later shown as Italic Ornate [1885 catalog]. Also shown by Berthier & Durey as Italiennes Italiques Ornées [c.1903 specimen]
A phototype adaptation is included by Headliners in their Morgan Press Collection as F 268, with lowercase [1978 catalog]. Tropical (1954) is a related but bolder all-caps design,