Live auction - Lot 669
[Stereoscope]
Sweetheart viewer.
C. 1870
€ 150 / 200
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Lot description
Burl walnut, 46 x 25 x 25 cm.
Fine sweetheart viewer allowing two people to look through the stereoscope at the same time. Lacks lenses on the reverse but otherwise in good condition. Supports glass and/or paper views in the 8,5 x 17,5 cm format. Retailed by the Stereoscopic Photographic Company around 1865.
Ref. Wing, Paul - Stereoscopes. The first one hundred years. Nashua. 1996, p. 65.
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