Live auction - Lot 667
[Stereoscope]
Smith Beck & Beck achromatic stereoscope.
C. 1860
€ 200 / 300
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Lot description
Mahogany and brass, 19,5 x 19,5 x 13 cm.
In a battered leather-covered box with red velvet lining.
Smith, Beck & Beck achromatic stereoscope for viewing bookmounted stereoviews. Elegant viewer with red leather handle embossed "Patent Mirror, no 809.". Mirror with silvering.
Ref. Wing, Paul - Stereoscopes. The first one hundred years. Nashua. 1996, p. 35.