Smith, Beck & Beck walnut viewer.

1870s

Hammer price: € 400

€ 200 / 300

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Lot description

Walnut and brass, 20 x 18 x 14 cm.

Good condition.

Fine Smith, Beck & Beck achromatic box-type viewer mounted on the underside of the lid of its storage box. Signed around the eyepieces "ACHROMATIC STEREOSCOPE, SMITH, BECK & BECK, 31 CORNHILL, LONDON". Viewer with adjustable incline, rack and pinion focus. Beautifully made viewer.
Ref. Wing, Paul. Stereoscopes. The first one hundred years. Nashua. 1996, p. 35.