VIEWER: WOODEN STEREOSCOPE
c. 1900Stereoscope used to view double image cards to create a visual illusion of a three dimensional image. Light brown wooden instrument consisting of curved face piece with left and right glass lenses. This is held up to the viewer's eyes using a turned wooden handle with brass hinged attachment to the base of a shaft which protrudes forward from the face piece. A bracket which is missing from this stereoscope holds the image card in place.
Wood, brass, glass
Details
Details
Historical significance - example of domestic entertainment of the period.
Condition: Interpretive: Provenance: Representativeness: Aesthetic: Social:
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