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Stereoscope (reversible in box)

Date

after 1865

Medium

Wood, brass, glass

Culture

British and French

Department

Miscellaneous

Institution

Getty Museum

Stereoscope with a rectangular wooden body. The front contains two independently adjustable lenses, housed in brass fittings on a brass plate. Brass dials on either side adjust the brass plate to assist focusing. The top of the box is hinged, with a mirror attached to the interior. The back end of the stereoscope has metal clips to hold a stereograph. Glass stereograph of an ocean scene accompanies the stereoscope.

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