Live veiling - Lot 545
Live veiling - Lot 545
[Stereoscope]
Smith, Beck & Beck walnut viewer.
1870s
Hamerprijs: €
400
€ 200 / 300
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Beschrijving lot
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.